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Empire of Passion (愛の亡霊, Ai no Bōrei) is a 1978 French-Japanese film produced, written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, based on a novel by Itoko Nakamura. The film was a co-production between Oshima Prods. and Argos Films.
A French/Japanese movie from 1978. A woman is haunted by the ghost of her husband after murdering him in the passion of an illicit affair. Written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima and based on a book by Itoko Nakamura. Addeddate.
Mar 26, 1979 · Empire of Passion: Directed by Nagisa Ôshima. With Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzô Kawatani. A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well. After a while, his ghost comes to haunt them while the local gossip grows stronger.
Empire of Passion was Oshima’s only true kaidan (Japanese ghost story), and the film, a savage, unrelenting experience, earned him the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival. With an arresting mix of eroticism and horror, Oshima plunges the viewer into a nightmarish tale of guilt and retribution in Empire of Passion (Ai no borei).
Empire of Passion. Directed by Nagisa Oshima • 1978 • Japan. Starring Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura. With an arresting mix of eroticism and horror, Oshima plunges the viewer into a nightmarish tale of guilt and retribution in EMPIRE OF PASSION (AI NO BOREI).
Overview. In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him. Nagisa Ōshima. Director, Writer. Itoko Nakamura. Screenplay. Top Billed Cast. Takahiro Tamura. Gisaburo. Kazuko Yoshiyuki. Seki. Tatsuya Fuji. Toyoji. Takuzō Kawatani. Inspector Hotta.
Takuzo Kawatani Cast. Itoko Nakamura Screenplay. Yoshio Miyajima Cinematography. Tôru Takemitsu Music. Critics reviews. Set in a Japanese village at the end of the nineteenth century, the film details the downfall of a married woman and her lover after they murder her husband and dump him in a well.
