In the Realm of Passion (1978)
- Starring:
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, (more)
- Director(s):
- Nagisa Oshima
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Also known as Phantom Love, the French/Japanese co-production L'Empire de la Passion follows famed Japanese director Nagisa Oshima's multinational production, the chilling and erotic In the Realm of the Senses, which was banned in several countries and was disqualified from appearing at the Cannes Film Festival. This straightforward Japanese murder-mystery and ghost story, unlike that previous movie, does not focus on eroticism but concerns the aftermath of passion and the fruits of crime. In the story, based on an 1895 incident in rural Japan, Seki (Kazuko Yoshiyuki), a beautiful peasant woman, and her young lover Toyoji (Tatsuya Fuji), conspire to murder her husband when their erotic games get out of hand. After getting the husband drunk, the two lovers kill him and throw his body down an abandoned well, claiming that he has gone to do business in Tokyo. In order to avoid suspicion, the two only see each other seldom. In the meantime, Seki begins seeing visions of her husband, and her grown stepdaughter has dreams of him. Guilt consumes both of them, and their nemesis, in the form of a bumbling police inspector sent to investigate an unrelated murder, pursues them. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 108 mins
Complete Cast of In the Realm of Passion
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki - Seki
- Takahiro Tamura - Gisaburo
- Akiko Koyama - Mother of Landowner
- Nagisa Oshima
- Tatsuya Fuji - Toyoji
- Takuzo Kawatani - Inspector Hotta
- Taiji Tonoyama - Toichiro
- Director(s):
- Nagisa Oshima
- Writer(s):
- Nagisa Oshima
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children)
- 1978 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Director
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