L'empire de la passion : Empire of passion /

1895, a small Japanese village. Part-time barmaid Seki is married to Gisaburo, a hardworking rickshaw man. Toyoji is a younger man at loose ends since leaving the army. Toyoji seduces Seki, and they embark on a desultory affair. Later, an impetuous action of Toyoji's prompts the lovers to m...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Ai no bōrei (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Janus Films, Argos Films, Ōshima Nagisa Purodakushon, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998 (Producer), Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013 (Director, Author of introduction, etc.), Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-, Wakamatsu, Kōji, 1936-2012, Fuji, Tatsuya, 1941- (Actor), Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935- (Actor), Tamura, Takahiro (Actor), Koyama, Akiko (Actor), Tonoyama, Taiji, 1915-1989 (Actor), Nakamura, Itoko
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Language Notes:	In Japanese or dubbed English with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 467.
Subjects:	Murder > Japan > Drama. Adultery > Japan > Drama. Strangling > Japan > Drama. Married women > Japan > Drama. Murder > Investigation > Japan > Drama. Horror films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Feature films. Film adaptations. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese.

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Summary:	1895, a small Japanese village. Part-time barmaid Seki is married to Gisaburo, a hardworking rickshaw man. Toyoji is a younger man at loose ends since leaving the army. Toyoji seduces Seki, and they embark on a desultory affair. Later, an impetuous action of Toyoji's prompts the lovers to murder Gisaburo. Three years later, Gisaburo's ghost appears, a sad and confused lost soul whose vague desperation drives his murderers to anguished guilt. This film was director Oshima's venture into the kaidan (Japanese ghost story), and was highly acclaimed on its release in 1978.
Item Description:	Based on the book by Itoko Nakamura. Originally produced as a Japanese-French co-production in 1978. Special features: Yoshiyuki and Fuji [featurette] (17 min.); "Empire of Passion" : On the set [featurette] (13 min.); Double obsession: Seki, Sada, and Oshima [featurette] (20 min.); U.S. trailer (2 min.); booklet includes the essay "Love's Phantom" by Tony Rayns and "Interview with Nagisa Oshima" by Hayao Shibata, translated by Alexandre Mabilon. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Format:	DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation.
Awards:	Winner, Prix de la Mise en Scène [Best Director: Nagisa Oshima], XXXIème Festival de Cannes, [1978]; Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Music Score: Tôru Takemitsu, 1979.
Production Credits:	Image [photography], Yoshio Miyajima ; montage [editor], Keiichi Uraoka ; décors [art direction], Jūshō Toda ; musique originale, Tōru Takemitsu.
ISBN:	1604651466 9781604651461