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Empire of Passion

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Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

6.8

1h 45m

1978

“The haunting of a passionate love.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Nagisa Ōshima

Trailer

DramaRomanceHorror

regrethusband wife relationshipbased on novel or booksexual obsessionsuspicion of murderloverevengeunfaithfulnessstrangulationhangingvengeful ghostolder woman younger man relationship

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Cast & Crew

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

as Gisaburo

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

as Seki

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

as Toyoji

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

as Inspector Hotta

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

as Young Master's Mother

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

as Toichiro

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

as Young Master

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

as Odame

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

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