Empire of Passion (1978)

R ★ 6.9/10 105 min Drama, Romance, Horror Japan, France Japanese

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Writer: Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay by: Itoko Nakamura

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The haunting of a passionate love.

Description

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.

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Top 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

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