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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.
Apr 23, 2009 · Itoko Nakamura wanted first of all to convey in writing a true image of Takashi Nagatsuka. She said, “If I don’t write it, who will?” Of course she’d never met the great writer, who lived from 1879 to 1915, but her grandfather and father knew him well.
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.
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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. Screenplay. Top Billed Cast. Takahiro Tamura. Gisaburo. Kazuko Yoshiyuki. Seki. Tatsuya Fuji. Toyoji. Takuzō Kawatani. Inspector Hotta. Akiko Koyama.
Oct 10, 2021 · Director Nagisa Oshima 大島渚; Writers Oshima and Itoko Nakamura 中村糸子; Cinematographer Yoshio Miyajima 宮島義勇; Starring Tatsuya Fuji 藤竜也, Kazuko Yoshiyuki 吉行和子, Takahiro Tamura 吉行和子; Length 105 minutes. Seen at home (DVD), Wellington, Monday 13 September 2021.
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.
Mother of Landowner. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Hauntings occur after a Japanese peasant woman (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) conspires with her young lover (Tatsuya Fuji) to...
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