Ai no bourei

(9=45/5 voters)
trans. Ghost of Love
a.k.a. L'EMPIRE DE LA PASSION [French title]
a.k.a. EMPIRE OF PASSION
a.k.a. EMPIRE OF THE PASSION

Toho Towa, 1978, Color, 106mins.

Producers: Anatole Dauman
Wakatsuki Shigeru
Director: Ooshima Nagisa
Based on the novel by:
Nakamura Itoko
Writer: Ooshima Nagisa
Photo: Miyajima Giyuu
Music: Takemitsu Tooru
Cast: Fuji Tatsuya ... Toyoji
Yoshiyuki Kazuko ... Oseki
Tamura Takahiro(I) ... Gisaburou
Hasegawa Masami ... Oshin
Kawarasaki Kenzou ... a young master
Kawatani Takuzou ... a patrolman
Sugiura Takaaki ... Toyoji's younger brother
Koyama Akiko
Tonoyama Taiji
Sasaki Sumie
Kitamura Eizou
Yamamoto Rin'ichi
Isayama Hiroko
Matsui Kanako
Michii Emiko
Shin'ya Hideko
Kobayashi Kanae
Mitsuboshi Emi
Fujikawa Jun
Iba Kazuo
Kimura Tatsuya
Fujiwara Akira
Satou Kei
Matsumoto Yasuo
Plot: In 1895, Oseki has an affair with Toyoji, a man 26 years her junior. Oseki and Toyoji kill Gisaburou, Oseki's husband, and dump his body into a well. But Gisaburou's ghost begins to appears in the dreams of his daughter Oshin and his friends.
--Hamasaki Hiroaki / Honorary Web Site English Translator: Jim Flack
Keyword: Grudge Ghost
DVD: Pony Canyon, PCBP50284, 3800 yen (2000.10.18) (with Trailer, Intview with Mr. Ooshima Nagisa a director, etc.)


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