Empire of the Passions ( Ai no borei ) ( In the Realm of Passion )

Empire of the Passions (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Ai no borei
Alternate Title: In the Realm of Passion
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
100 min + 40 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Nagisa Oshima

Written By:
Itoko Namura
Nagisa Oshima

Actors:
Tatsuya Fuji ..... Toyoji
Kazuko Yoshiyuki ..... Seki
Takahiro Tamura ..... Gisaburo
Takuzo Kawatani ..... Inspector Hotta
Akyoshi Fujiwara ..... Oshin
Masami Hasegawa ..... Mother of Landowner
Kenzo Kawarazaki ..... Odame
Tatsuya Kimura ..... Toichiro
Eizo Kitamura
Akiko Koyama
Sumie Sasaki
Takaki Sugiura
Taiji Tonoyama

Synopsis:

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

In 1895, in a small village in Japan, the wife of the litter carrier Gisaburo (Takahiro Tamura), Seki (Kazuko Yoshiyuki), has an affair with a man twenty-six years younger, Toyiji (Tatsuya Fuji). Toyiji becomes jealous of Gisaburo and plots with Seki to kill him. They strangle Gisaburo and dump his body inside a well in the woods, and Seki tells the locals that Gisaburo moved to Tokyo to work. Three years later, the locals gossip about the fate of Gisaburo, and Seki is haunted by his ghost. The situation becomes unbearable to Seki and Toyiji when a police authority comes to the village to investigate the disappearance of Gisaburo.

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