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
Anatole Dauman, Shigeru Wakatsuki
Cinematography
Yoshio Miyajima
Music
Toru Takemitsu
Editor
Keiichi Uraoka
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
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
Takaaki Sugiura
Akiyoshi Fujiwara
Masami Hasegawa
Oshin
Tatsuya Kimura
Osugi
Dancer
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kurazo
Kei Satō
Orator
Kanae Kobayashi
Tomi Mitsuboshi
// crew
Crew
Nagisa Ōshima
Director, Writer
Itoko Nakamura
Screenplay
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Producer
Toru Takemitsu
Original Music Composer
Keiichi Uraoka
Editor
Yoshio Miyajima
Director of Photography
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