Empire of Passion
Original title: Ai no bôrei · Turkish title: Duygu imparatorluğu
“The haunting of a passionate love.”
1978 · 1 h 45 min
Directed by 
Nagisa Oshima
Nagisa OshimaCast
Kazuko Yoshiyuki 
Tatsuya Fuji 
Takahiro Tamura
Credits
Written by: Itoko Nakamura
Plot
A woman and her lover murder her husband.
Sinekatalog’s take
Nagisa Oshima's ghost story follows a woman and her lover who murder her husband, then are haunted. Beautiful, eerie and erotic, it won the Cannes directing prize and is a chilling Japanese tale of guilt.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (5,716 votes)
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