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Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

1978 105 min ★ 6.9 Drama, Romance, Horror

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.

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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

Details

Director

Nagisa Ōshima

Screenplay

Itoko Nakamura

Tagline

"The haunting of a passionate love."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Production

TOHO-TOWA, Argos films, Oshima Productions

Reviews

T

talisencrw

January 15, 2016

★ 9/10

I am a great fan of Ôshima's work, though unfortunately I have only seen previously six films of his, all between 1965's 'Pleasures of the Flesh' and 1976's extremely controversial 'In the Realm of the Senses'. This, like the latter, was a period piece that looked at a doomed relationship (this time in 1895), though far less scandalous in its sexuality, though still titillating nevertheless. Exile...

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