Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Empire of passion Title on disc label and container: Empire of passion a film by Nagisa Oshima
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Other uniform titles: | Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998
Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013
Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-
Wakamatsu, Koji, 1936-2012
Fuji, Tatsuya, 1941-
Yoshiyuki, Kazuko, 1935-
Tamura, Takahiro.
Koyama, Akiko.
Tonoyama, Taiji, 1915-1989.
Nakamura, Itoko. Kurumaya Gisaborō satsujin jiken.
大島渚, 1932-
若槻繁, 1914-
若松孝二, 1936-
藤竜也, 1941-
吉行和子, 1935-
田村高廣.
小山明子.
殿山泰司, 1915-1989.
中村糸子. 車屋儀三郎殺人事件.
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Other authors / contributors: | Janus Films.
Argos Films.
Ōshima Nagisa Purodakushon.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
大島渚プロダクション.
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ISBN: | 1604651466 9781604651461
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Notes: | Inspiré de l'œuvre de Madame Itoko Nakamura "Dossier sur le meurtre de Gisaburo, conducteur de pousse-pousse" [Based on the book by Itoko Nakamura]. Originally produced as a Japanese-French co-production in 1978. Special features: Yoshiyuki and Fuji [featurette] (17 min.); "Empire of Passion" : On the set [featurette] (13 min.); Double obsession: Seki, Sada, and Oshima [featurette] (20 min.); U.S. trailer (2 min.); booklet includes the essay "Love's Phantom" by Tony Rayns and "Interview with Nagisa Oshima" by Hayao Shibata, translated by Alexandre Mabilon. Image [photography], Yoshio Miyajima ; montage [editor], Keiichi Uraoka ; décors [art direction], Jūshō Toda ; musique originale, Tōru Takemitsu. Image [photography], 宮島義勇 ; editor, 浦岡敬一 ; décors [art direction], 戶田重昌 ; musique originale, 武満徹. Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tamura Takahiro, Takuzo Kawatani, Akiko Koyama, Taiji Tonoyama, Sumié Sasaki, Eizo Kitamura, Masami Hasegawa, Kenzo Kawarazaki. 藤竜也, 吉行和子, 田村高廣, 小山明子, 殿山泰司. DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.; widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.66:1, enhanced for 16:9 televisions; new restored high-definition digital transfer; new and improved English subtitle translation. In Japanese or dubbed English with optional subtitles in English.
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Summary: | 1895, a small Japanese village. Part-time barmaid Seki is married to Gisaburo, a hardworking rickshaw man. Toyoji is a younger man at loose ends since leaving the army. Toyoji seduces Seki, and they embark on a desultory affair. Later, an impetuous action of Toyoji's prompts the lovers to murder Gisaburo. Three years later, Gisaburo's ghost appears, a sad and confused lost soul whose vague desperation drives his murderers to anguished guilt. This film was director Oshima's venture into the kaidan (Japanese ghost story), and was highly acclaimed on its release in 1978.
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Awards: | Winner, Prix de la Mise en Scène [Best Director: Nagisa Oshima], XXXIème Festival de Cannes, [1978]; Award of the Japanese Academy: Best Music Score: Tôru Takemitsu, 1979.
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Standard no.: | 715515045117
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Publisher's no.: | CC1807D Criterion Collection
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