Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion

Movie·1978·1h 45m

Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 愛の亡霊

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.

Written By

Itoko Nakamura

Producer

Shigeru Wakatsuki, Anatole Dauman

Cinematography

Yoshio Miyajima

Music

Toru Takemitsu

Editor

Keiichi Uraoka

Themes

regrethusband wife relationshipbased on novel or booksexual obsessionsuspicion of murderloverevengeunfaithfulnessstrangulationhangingvengeful ghostolder woman younger man relationship

Production House

TOHO-TOWA
Argos films
Oshima Productions

Audience Score

69%

134 votes

Skip10%
Timepass24%
Go for it38%
Perfection28%

Where to watch

Region: US

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// cast

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

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Masami Hasegawa

Oshin

Tatsuya Kimura

Osugi

Dancer

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kurazo

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Orator

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Tomi Mitsuboshi

// crew

Crew

Nagisa Ōshima

Nagisa Ōshima

Director, Writer

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Original Music Composer

Shigeru Wakatsuki

Producer

Itoko Nakamura

Screenplay

Anatole Dauman

Anatole Dauman

Producer

Keiichi Uraoka

Keiichi Uraoka

Editor

Yoshio Miyajima

Director of Photography

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