Empire of Passion 1978 123movies

Watch: 愛の亡霊 1978 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 4,479
	80% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 83 Popularity: 11.596 | TMDB

Reviews:

grief, guilt, and sexuality
First I should note that “Ai no bôrei” (“Empire of Passion” in English) is the first Nagisa Oshima movie that I’ve ever seen. It struck me as part horror, part drama, as the woman has an affair and then decides to kill her husband, except that he haunts her. What I wondered was whether this was an issue of guilt or grief. Whichever it was, the result is one intense movie. In the interviews with the cast members, they described the movie as a sort of extension of Oshima’s previous movie “In the Realm of the Senses”. Having never seen it, I can’t confirm that. What I can say is that “Empire of Passion” makes outstanding use of the setting – a small village in 1890s Japan – and the characters’ sexuality (there’s nothing gratuitous about the nudity).

All in all, I would now like very much to see “In the Realm of the Senses” and other movies by Oshima. In the meantime, I recommend this one.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 1 hr 45 min (105 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Horror, Romance
Director Nagisa Ôshima
Writer Itoko Nakamura, Nagisa Ôshima
Actors Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura
Country Japan, France
Awards 3 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1, 1.96 : 1 (negative ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (horizontal)
Cinematographic Process VistaVision
Printed Film Format 35 mm