Empire of Passion (????, Ai no B?rei) is a 1978 French-Japanese film produced, written and directed by Nagisa ?shima, based on a novel by Itoko Nakamura. The film was a co-production between Oshima Prods. and Argos Films. It was released in France as Fantom Amour. Also released on DVD by Fox Lorber Films in 2000 under the title "In the Realm of Passion" (probably to more easily identify it as a type of indirect sequel to the 1976 film "In the Realm of the Senses" by the same director).
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Plot
The plot revolves around a young man who 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 has had plenty of sh?ch? to drink and is 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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Cast
- Tatsuya Fuji - Toyoji
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki - Seki
- Takahiro Tamura - Gisaburo
- Takuzo Kawatani - Inspector Hotta
- Akyoshi Fujiwara
- Masami Hasegawa - Oshin
- Kenzo Kawarazaki
- Tatsuya Kimura
- Eizo Kitamura
- Akiko Koyama - Mother of Landowner
- Osugi - Dancer
- Sumie Sasaki - Odame
- Takaki Sugiura
- Taiji Tonoyama - Toichiro
Release
The film was Japan's submission to the 51st Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival, where Oshima won the award for Best Director.
See also
- Cinema of Japan
- List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Japanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
- Empire of Passion at AllMovie
- Empire of Passion on IMDb
- Empire of Passion at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Source of article : Wikipedia
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