Ai no bôrei

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.

Genre(s) : Drama,Horror,Romance

Aka(s) :
(original title) - Ai no bôrei
Empire of the Passions
Phantom Love
The Ghost of Love
Argentina - El imperio de las pasiones
Australia - Empire of Passion

Brazil - O Império da Paixão
Bulgaria - Империя на страстта
Canada - Empire of Passion
Canada - L'empire de la passion
China - 爱之亡灵
China - 爱的亡灵
Finland - Intohimon valtakunta
Finland - Passionens rike
France - L'empire de la passion
France - Fantôme amour
Greece - Η αυτοκρατορία του πάθους
Hungary - A szenvedélyek birodalma
India - Empire of Passion
Italy - L'impero della passione
Japan - 愛の亡霊
Mexico - El imperio de la pasión
Norway - Lidenskapens rike
Peru - El imperio de los sentidos: segunda parte
Poland - Imperium namiętności
Portugal - O Império da Paixão
Singapore - Empire of Passion
Soviet Union - Империя страсти
Spain - El imperio de la pasión
Sweden - Passionernas rike
Taiwan - 愛的亡靈
Thailand - Empire of Passion
Turkey - Duygu imparatorluğu
Ukraine - Імперія пристрасті
United Kingdom - Empire of Passion
United States - Empire of Passion
United States - Empire of Passion
United States - In the Realm of Passion
Uruguay - El imperio de la pasión
West Germany - Im Reich der Leidenschaft
World-wide - Empire of Passion

Actors :
Tatsuya Fuji Toyoji
Kazuko Yoshiyuki Seki
Takahiro Tamura Gisaburo
Takuzô Kawatani Hotta
Akiko Koyama Gisaburo's Mother
Taiji Tonoyama Toichiro
Sumie Sasaki Odame (as Sumié Sasaki)
Eizô Kitamura (as Eizo Kitamura)
Masami Hasegawa Oshin
Kenzô Kawarasaki (as Kenzo Kawarazaki)
Akiyoshi Fujiwara (uncredited)
Hiroko Isayama Bride (uncredited)
Tatsuya Kimura (uncredited)
Kanae Kobayashi Omoyo (uncredited)
Tômi Mitsuboshi (uncredited)
Osugi Dancer (uncredited)
Kei Satô (uncredited)
Eiko Shinya (uncredited)
Takaaki Sugiura (uncredited)
Rin'ichi Yamamoto Kurazo (uncredited)