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Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion
★ 6.8/10•1978•1h 45m•R•Drama•Romance•Horror

The haunting of a passionate love.

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well, but his ghost returns to haunt them as the local gossip intensifies.

Nagisa Ōshima · Director

Itoko Nakamura · Screenplay

Nagisa Ōshima · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 45m
LanguageJA
Release DateSep 6, 1978

Actors

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

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Masami Hasegawa

Masami Hasegawa

Oshin

Tatsuya Kimura

Osugi

Dancer

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kurazo

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Orator

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