Empire of Passion (愛の亡霊) 46 years old
The haunting of a passionate love.
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 suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions 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.
Credits
Empire of Passion Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tatsuya Fuji He was 37, now 83 years old | as Toyoji |
| Taiji Tonoyama He was 63, 73 years old when he died | as Toichiro |
| Kawarasaki Kenzo He was 34, now 81 years old | |
| Akiko Koyama She was 43, now 89 years old | as Mother of Landowner |
| Sumie Sasaki She was 50, 90 years old when she died | as Odame |
| Takuzo Kawatani He was 37, 54 years old when he died | as Inspector Hotta |
| Kazuko Yoshiyuki She was 43, now 89 years old | as Seki |
| Takahiro Tamura He was 50, 77 years old when he died | as Gisaburo |
| Takaaki Sugiura | |
| Eizô Kitamura He was 56, 74 years old when he died | |
| Osugi He was 33, now 79 years old | as Dancer |
| Masami Hasegawa He was 34, now 80 years old | as Oshin |
| Tatsuya Kimura He was 14, now 60 years old | |
| Akiyoshi Fujiwara |
Empire of Passion Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Keiichi Uraoka as Editor. He was 48 (78) years old when He died | Editing |
| Toru Takemitsu as Original Music Composer. He was 48 (65) years old when He died | Sound |
| Anatole Dauman as Producer. He was 54 (73) years old when He died | Production |
| Nagisa Oshima as Director. He was 46 (80) years old when He died | Directing |
| Nagisa Oshima as Writer. He was 46 (80) years old when He died | Writing |
| Itoko Namura as Screenplay. | Writing |
| Shigeru Wakatsuki as Producer. | Production |
| Yoshio Miyajima as Cinematography. He was 69 (89) years old when He died | Crew |
| Tetsuo Yasuda as Sound Recordist. | Crew |
Empire of Passion (46 years)
The haunting of a passionate love.
- Release day: Monday, October 09, 1978
- Runtime: 105 minutes