Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion
	Film poster
Directed by	Nagisa Ōshima
Written by	Nagisa Ōshima; Itoko Nakamura
Produced by	Anatole Dauman
Starring	Kazuko Yoshiyuki; Tatsuya Fuji; Takahiro Tamura; Takuzo Kawatani; Akiko Koyama
Cinematography	Yoshio Miyajima
Edited by	Keiichi Uraoka
Music by	Toru Takemitsu
Production; company	Oshima Nagisa Production
Distributed by	Toho Towa
Release date	October 6, 1978 (Japan);
Running time	108 minutes
Countries	France; Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	276,040 tickets (France)

Empire of Passion (愛の亡霊, Ai no Bōrei) is a 1978 French-Japanese film produced, written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, based on a novel by Itoko Nakamura.^[3]^[4] The film was a co-production between Oshima Prods. and Argos Films.^[5]

^ Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.
^ "Ai no Borei (1978)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2022.
^ Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.
^ "L' Empire de la passion". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
^ Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.

[1] Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.

[2] "Ai no Borei (1978)". JP's Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2022.

[3] Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.

[4] "L' Empire de la passion". BFI Film & Television Database. London: British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.

[5] Galbraith, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. p. 381.

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