The Oil-Hell Murder

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As a child, Okichi cared for and even nursed the boy, but when Yohei's father died, he went to live elsewhere. On his return as a man, Okichi is immediately infatuated with the lad and schemes to get rid of competition for his heart — namely the beautiful daughter of a rival oil dealer. When her husband gets wind of her unvirtuous ways, trouble ensues... (texte officiel du distributeur)

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anglais I wouldn’t say that Gosha’s dernier is atypical in terms of his other movies. On the contrary, it’s a continuation of themes that interested him toward the end of his career. But this time he moved from stories of women from the red light district to bored, middleclass housewives. It certainly isn’t a crime movie; more a psychological thumbnail sketch of the dark side of social conventions of an austere society. And material obviously originating from the stage that is all the world. However, Gosha’s masterful directing cannot be subdued even in a toned-down interior picture. And we don’t have to go far to find an example of this; the introductory, one-shot scene at the scene of the crime proves this, setting the atmosphere, raising questions and an in-passing introduction to the work of an 18th medical examiner. ()

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