Empire of Passion
“The haunting of a passionate love.”
1978•R•1h 45m•6.8•Released
DramaRomanceHorror
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.
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Writer
Itoko Nakamura, Nagisa Ōshima
Languages
Japanese
Studio
TOHO-TOWA
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
Production
Company
TOHO-TOWA
Company
Argos films
Company
Oshima Productions
Producer
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Shigeru Wakatsuki
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