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Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

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.

DramaRomanceHorror

Release: 1978-09-06Runtime: 105 minRating: 6.851 (131)

Cast

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

Crew

Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Director

Itoko Nakamura

Screenplay

Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Writer

Anatole Dauman

Anatole Dauman

Producer

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Producer

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Keiichi Uraoka

Keiichi Uraoka

Editor

Yoshio Miyajima

Director of Photography

Tetsuo Yasuda

Sound Recordist

Clips & Videos

Empire of Passion (1978) US trailer

Empire of Passion (1978) US trailer