| Empire of Passion | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Nagisa Ōshima |
| Written by | Nagisa Ōshima Itoko Nakamura |
| Produced by | Anatole Dauman |
| Starring | Kazuko Yoshiyuki Tatsuya Fuji Takahiro Tamura Takuzo Kawatani Akiko Koyama |
| Cinematography | Yoshio Miyajima |
| Edited by | Keiichi Uraoka |
| Music by | Toru Takemitsu |
Production company | Oshima Nagisa Production |
| Distributed by | Toho Towa |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes[1] |
| Countries | France Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | 276,040 tickets (France)[2] |
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.[3][4] The film was a co-production between Oshima Prods. and Argos Films.[5]
- ^ Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.
- ^ "Ai no Borei (1978)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.
- ^ "L' Empire de la passion". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- ^ Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.