Empire of Passion (1979)

  • R
  • 03/26/1979 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, Horror
  • 1h 45m

The haunting of a passionate love.

Overview

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.

Nagisa Ōshima

Writer, Director

Itoko Nakamura

Screenplay

Cast

Takahiro Tamura's headshot

Takahiro Tamura

Gisaburo
Kazuko Yoshiyuki's headshot

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Seki
Tatsuya Fuji's headshot

Tatsuya Fuji

Toyoji
Takuzō Kawatani's headshot

Takuzō Kawatani

Inspector Hotta
Akiko Koyama's headshot

Akiko Koyama

Young Master's Mother
Taiji Tonoyama's headshot

Taiji Tonoyama

Toichiro
Kenzō Kawarasaki's headshot

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Young Master
Sumie Sasaki's headshot

Sumie Sasaki

Odame

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