Rent Empire of Passion (1978)
3.5 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 41min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Set in rural Japan in 1895, a housewife, Seki (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) has a torrid affair with a younger man, Toyoji (Tatsuya Fiji), a soldier recently returned from the first Chinese war. Following a passionate encounter when Toyoji shaves Seki's pubic hair, the couple decide that Seki's elderly husband Gisaburo (Takahiro Tamura) must die rather than discover their sordid secret. Having committed the murder and disposed of the body, then explain his absence by claiming that Gisaburo has departed for Tokyo to find work. Three years after his death, Gisaburo's ghost starts appearing to the lovers and other villagers. The threat of discovery and retribution heightens the murderers' guilty desperation and, perversely, their illicit passion. - Actors:
- Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzô Kawatani, Akiyoshi Fujiwara, Masami Hasegawa, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Tatsuya Kimura, Eizô Kitamura, Akiko Koyama, Osugi, Sumie Sasaki, Kei Satô, Takaaki Sugiura, Taiji Tonoyama
- Directors:
- Nagisa Ôshima
- Producers:
- Anatole Dauman
- Writers:
- Itoko Namura, Nagisa Ôshima
- Aka:
- Ai no borei / In the Realm of Passion / Empire of Passion / Empire of the Passions / The Ghost of Love / Phantom Love
- Studio:
- Nouveaux Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Romance, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/10/2011
- Run Time:
- 105 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Sur Le Tournage: 2003 interview program featuring production consultant Koji Wakamatsu and assistant directors Yusuke Narita and Yoichi Sai
- Sex In Japanese Cinema: Critical discussion filmed at Birkbeck College by kind permission of the Centre of Media, Culture and Creative Practice
