Onimasa

• Tatsuya Nakadai as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa • Masako Natsume as Matsue Kiryuin • Shima Iwashita as Uta Kiryuin • Tetsurō Tamba as Uichi Suda, The Big Boss • Tatsuo Umemiya as Masaru Yamane • Kaori Tagasugi as Hanako Kiryuin • Akiko Kana as Tsuru • Kōji Yakusho as Kondō • Emi Shindō as Emiwaka, 2nd Mistress • Akiko Nakamura as Botan, 3rd Mistress • Mari Natsuki as Akio, Opponent's Mistress • Seizō Fukumoto • Masahiko Tanimura as Shirai Zenhichi • Torahiko Hamada as DR.Katō • Naoya Makoto as Gondō • Ryōhei Uchida as Suenaga • Mikio Narita as Tsujihara • Eitaro Ozawa as Genichiro Tanabe ==Production==

Originally, the actress and singer Meiko Kaji wished to make a film adaptation of the novel, so she discussed the idea with the producer Goro Kusakabe and the intention of play the main role. Unluckily the president Shigeru Okada rejected the project because he didn't believe Toei, an all-time action genre company, should change so drastically its style even in a time of crisis. But some time after he took the project, decided to call the director Hideo Gosha, who was living a very bad time in that moment, to be in charge, and the role that Kaji supposed to play was given to the young actress and model Masako Natsume. ==Release==

Onimasa was distributed in the United States in October 1985 with English-subtitles. ==Awards and nominations==

25th Blue Ribbon Awards • Won: Best Actress - Masako Natsume ==See also==