Empire of Passion

Name: Empire of Passion
Genre: Drama, Romance, Horror
Released: 1978-09-06
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.85
Cast: Takahiro Tamura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takuzō Kawatani, Akiko Koyama

The haunting of a passionate love.

Drama Romance Horror

Empire of Passion(1978)

The haunting of a passionate love.

Drama Romance Horror

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6.8

/ 10 (130 votes)

1h 45m

1978-09-06

Overview

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.

DirectorNagisa Ōshima

ScreenplayItoko Nakamura

WriterNagisa Ōshima

Cast

Takahiro Tamura

Gisaburo

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Seki

Tatsuya Fuji

Toyoji

Takuzō Kawatani

Inspector Hotta

Akiko Koyama

Young Master's Mother

Taiji Tonoyama

Toichiro

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Young Master

Sumie Sasaki

Odame

Eizō Kitamura

Takaaki Sugiura

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Masami Hasegawa

Oshin

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Keywords

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