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Empire of Passion ()

Ai no bôrei (original title)
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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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Toyoji
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Seki
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Gisaburo
Takuzô Kawatani ...
Hotta
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Gisaburo's Mother
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Toichiro
Sumie Sasaki ...
Odame (as Sumié Sasaki)
Eizô Kitamura ...
(as Eizo Kitamura)
Masami Hasegawa ...
Oshin
Kenzô Kawarasaki ...
(as Kenzo Kawarazaki)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Akiyoshi Fujiwara ...
(uncredited)
Hiroko Isayama ...
Bride (uncredited)
Tatsuya Kimura ...
(uncredited)
Kanae Kobayashi ...
Omoyo (uncredited)
Tômi Mitsuboshi ...
(uncredited)
Osugi ...
Dancer (uncredited)
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(uncredited)
Eiko Shinya ...
(uncredited)
Takaaki Sugiura ...
(uncredited)
Rin'ichi Yamamoto ...
Kurazo (uncredited)

Directed by

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Nagisa Ôshima

Written by

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Itoko Nakamura ... (novel)
 
Nagisa Ôshima ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Anatole Dauman ... producer

Music by

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Tôru Takemitsu

Cinematography by

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Yoshio Miyajima

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Keiichi Uraoka

Set Decoration by

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Shigemasa Toda

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Shigeru Wakatsuki ... production manager

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Alex Pront ... sound recordist
Tetsuo Yasuda ... sound recordist

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Kenichi Okamoto ... gaffer

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Kôji Wakamatsu ... with the cooperation of

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Plot Summary

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. Written by Kevin Risch

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Taglines The haunting of a passionate love. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 愛の亡霊 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Fantôme amour (France)
  • L'empire de la passion (France)
  • Empire of Passion (World-wide, English title)
  • Empire of Passion (Singapore, English title)
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  • 105 min
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Trivia This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #467. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Man Who Left His Soul on Film (1984). See more »
Quotes Toyoji: I heard something.
Seki: I didn't. Sure you're not imagining things?
Toyoji: No, I have good ears.
Seki: It can't be, unless there are dogs out there. They're in heat this time of year.
Hotta: It's the two of you who are in heat.
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