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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). Set in a Japanese village at the end of the nineteenth century, the film details the emotional and physical downfall of a married woman and her younger lover following their decision to murder her husband and dump his body in a well. 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.
Original Release
09/06/1978
US Release
03/26/1979
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tatsuya Fuji | Toyoji |
Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Seki |
Takahiro Tamura | Gisaburo |
Takuzo Kawatani | Inspector Hotta / Hotta |
Akiko Koyama | Mother of Landowner / Gisaburo's Mother |
Taiji Tonoyama | Toichiro |
Sumie Sasaki | Odame |
Eizo Kitamura | (as Eizo Kitamura) |
Masami Hasegawa | Oshin |
Kenzô Kawarasaki | (as Kenzo Kawarazaki) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tatsuya Fuji | Toyoji |
Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Seki |
Takahiro Tamura | Gisaburo |
Takuzo Kawatani | Inspector Hotta / Hotta |
Akiko Koyama | Mother of Landowner / Gisaburo's Mother |
Taiji Tonoyama | Toichiro |
Sumie Sasaki | Odame |
Eizo Kitamura | (as Eizo Kitamura) |
Masami Hasegawa | Oshin |
Kenzô Kawarasaki | (as Kenzo Kawarazaki) |
Hiroko Isayama | Bride |
Kanae Kobayashi | Omoyo |
Osugi | Dancer |
Rin'ichi Yamamoto | Kurazo |
Takaaki Sugiura | |
Tatsuya Kimura | |
Akiyoshi Fujiwara |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anatole Dauman | Producer |
Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |