CinemaOSMovie · 1978 · 1h 45m · R
Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

68%(141)IMDbDramaRomanceHorror

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.

Directed byNagisa Ōshima

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
JA
Released
September 6, 1978
Studios
TOHO-TOWAArgos filmsOshima Productions

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Empire of Passion (1978) US trailer

Empire of Passion (1978) US trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Ōshima
Written by
Itoko Nakamura
Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Ōshima
Produced by
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Anatole Dauman
Anatole Dauman

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