L'empire de la passion = Empire of passion / Janus Films ; Argos Films ; Anatole Dauman présente ; un film de Nagisa Oshima ; scénario et dialogues de Nagisa Oshima ; directeur de la production, Shigeru Wakatsuki, avec le concours de Koji Wakamatsu ; une coproduction Franco-Japonaise Argos Films (Paris), Oshima Productions (Tokyo).
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...
| Uniform Title: | Ai no bōrei (Motion picture)
Criterion collection ; 467. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | Japanese English |
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Japanese |
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In Japanese or dubbed English with optional subtitles in English. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2009], ©2009.
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| Edition: | Widescreen. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
467. Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Variant Title: |
Empire of passion. [Parallel title]
Empire of passion a film by Nagisa Oshima. |
| Format: | Video DVD |