Nagisa Ôshima
Empire of Passion (Ai no borei)
Edition 1979
105'
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1978
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Drama, Horror, Romance
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Dialogue:
Japanese
Director:
Nagisa Ôshima
Composer:
Tôru Takemitsu
With:
Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura
A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.
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Credits
Director
Nagisa Ôshima
Composer
Tôru Takemitsu
With
Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura
Scenario
Nagisa Ôshima
Director of Photography
Yoshio Miyajima
Editor
Keiichi Uraoka
Producer
Anatole Dauman
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Dialogue
Japanese
Countries of production
Japan, France
Screenplay based on
"Empire of Passion" (Itoko Nakamura)
Year
1978