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The Oil-Hell Murder
The Oil-Hell Murder
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THE OIL-HELL MURDER

Onna goroshi abura no jigoku

Directed by Hideo Gosha
Japan, 1992
Drama

Synopsis

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute and racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents. He seeks refuge with a kindly young married woman, but his pleas escalate into an heated argument which ends in bloodshed.

Synopsis

The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute and racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents. He seeks refuge with a kindly young married woman, but his pleas escalate into an heated argument which ends in bloodshed.