Empire of Passion (Ai no bôrei)

Mon Nov 23, 2015

20:15

Location

Rio Cinema
125 Ellados Street
Limassol, Limassol

Limassol Cine Club
Phone: 25745112

Description

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.

Cast:
Tatsuya Fuji
Takahiro Tamura
Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Director: Nagisa Ôshima
Writer: Itoko Nakamura, Nagisa Ôshima
Runtime: 110 min
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance
Language: Japanese
Production Year: 1978

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