Empire of Passion
1978/09/06 • Released • Japanese
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.
Director : Nagisa Ōshima
Casts
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
Eizō Kitamura
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kurazo
Kei Satō
Orator
Kanae Kobayashi
Eiko Shinya
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