Im Reich der Leidenschaft - L'empire de la passion

by Nagisa Oshima, Japan, 1978
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Set in Edo-period Japan, the plot revolves around a young man, Toyoji, who has an affair with an older woman, Seki. Toyoji is very jealous of Seki's husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband has had plenty of sh艒ch奴 to drink and is in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, Seki pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years Seki and Toyoji secretly see each other. Their relationship has moments of intense passion, but the young man starts to distance himself from Seki. Finally, suspicions in the village become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.

Festivals & awards

Cannes Film Festival 1976: Beste Regie
Japans Film f眉r die 51. Academy Awards als Best Foreign Language Film - nicht akzeptiert als Nomination.
Awards of the Japanese Academy: Best Music Score T么ru Takemitsu
Nominiert f眉r Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Lighting, Best Sound
Mainichi Film Concours: Best Musical Score

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Original TitleIm Reich der Leidenschaft - L'empire de la passion
TitleIm Reich der Leidenschaft - L'empire de la passion
Directed byNagisa Oshima
CountryJapan
Year1978
ScreenplayNagisa 脭shima nach dem Roman von Itoko Nakamura
Film EditingKeiichi Uraoka
SoundtrackT么ru Takemitsu
CinematographyYoshio Miyajima
SoundAlex Pront, Tetsuo Yasuda
Costumes
Production DesignJusho Toda
ProductionAnatole Dauman
Formats
Runtime105 min.
LanguageJapanisch
CastTatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuz么 Kawatani, Akiko Koyama, Taiji Tonoyama, Sumie Sasaki, Masami Hasegawa, Kenz么 Kawarasaki

Credits

Original TitleIm Reich der Leidenschaft - L'empire de la passion
TitleIm Reich der Leidenschaft - L'empire de la passion
Directed byNagisa Oshima
CountryJapan
Year1978
ScreenplayNagisa 脭shima nach dem Roman von Itoko Nakamura
Film EditingKeiichi Uraoka
SoundtrackT么ru Takemitsu
CinematographyYoshio Miyajima
SoundAlex Pront, Tetsuo Yasuda
Costumes
Production DesignJusho Toda
ProductionAnatole Dauman
Formats
Runtime105 min.
LanguageJapanisch
CastTatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuz么 Kawatani, Akiko Koyama, Taiji Tonoyama, Sumie Sasaki, Masami Hasegawa, Kenz么 Kawarasaki

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