Onimasa

Onimasa
Japanese	鬼龍院花子の生涯
Hepburn	Kiryūin hanako no shōgai
Directed by	Hideo Gosha
Starring	Tatsuya Nakadai Masako Natsume Akiko Nakamura Akiko Kana Mari Natsuki Kei Yamamoto Isao Natsuyagi Tetsurô Tanba Shima Iwashita
Distributed by	Toei
Release dates	1982
Running time	146 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Onimasa (鬼龍院花子の生涯 Kiryūin hanako no shōgai) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. It was Japan's submission to the 55th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[1]

Cast

• Tatsuya Nakadai as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
• Masako Natsume as Matsue Kiryuin
• Shima Iwashita as Uta Kiryuin
• Tetsurô Tanba as Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
• Kaori Tagasugi as Hanako Kiryuin
• Akiko Kana as Tsuru
• Emi Shindô as Emiwaka, 2nd Mistress
• Akiko Nakamura as Botan, 3rd Mistress
• Mari Natsuki as Akio, Opponent's Mistress
• Eitaro Ozawa as Genichiro Tanabe

Awards and nominations

25th Blue Ribbon Awards^[2]

• Won: Best Actress - Masako Natsume

See also

• Cinema of Japan
• List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
2. ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Retrieved 2010-01-20.

External links

• Kiryūin hanako no shōgai at the Internet Movie Database