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Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

19781h 45mFilm

Drama Romance Horror

69

6.9(135)

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.

Top Cast

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Gisaburo

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Seki

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

Toyoji

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Inspector Hotta

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Young Master's Mother

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Toichiro

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Young Master

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Odame

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

Takaaki Sugiura

Takaaki Sugiura

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Masami Hasegawa

Masami Hasegawa

Oshin

Tatsuya Kimura

Osugi

Dancer

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kurazo

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Orator

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Tomi Mitsuboshi

Tomi Mitsuboshi

Eiko Shinya

Eiko Shinya

Tatsuya Kimura

Details

Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Status: Released
Release: 1978-09-06
Runtime: 1h 45m
Budget: —
Revenue: —
Language: JA
Score: 69%

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