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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.
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.
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- Drama, Horror, Romance
- Nagisa Ôshima
- 1979-03-26
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.
- 105 min
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A 1978 Japanese film by Nagisa Oshima, based on a true story of a woman and her lover who kill her husband and face the consequences. The DVD/Blu-ray features a new transfer, interviews, essays, and a score by Toru Takemitsu.
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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.
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Hauntings occur after a Japanese peasant woman (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) conspires with her young lover (Tatsuya Fuji) to kill her older husband.
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