Empire of Passion

Name: Empire of Passion
Director: Nagisa Ōshima
Genre: Supernatural
Released: 1978
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Takahiro Tamura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takuzō Kawatani, Akiko Koyama

1978JP105 minNagisa Ōshima

“The haunting of a passionate love.”

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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.

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Empire of Passion

1978JP105 minNagisa Ōshima

“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.

HORROR TAGS

Subgenre

Tone

Era

Region

CAST

Gisaburo