Drama ·Romance ·Horror · Japan · 1978 · 1h 45m

Empire of Passion

愛の亡霊

Empire of Passion poster
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Cast
Takahiro Tamura as Gisaburo Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Seki Tatsuya Fuji as Toyoji Takuzō Kawatani as Inspector Hotta Akiko Koyama as Young Master's Mother Taiji Tonoyama as Toichiro
Crew
Yoshio Miyajima — Director of Photography Keiichi Uraoka — Editor Toru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer Itoko Nakamura — Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima — Writer Anatole Dauman — Producer
Tagline

The haunting of a passionate love.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Empire of Passion — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
regrethusband wife relationshipbased on novel or booksexual obsessionsuspicion of murderloverevengeunfaithfulnessstrangulationhangingvengeful ghostolder woman younger man relationship
Key Collaborators
Nagisa Ōshima Director Yoshio Miyajima Director of Photography Keiichi Uraoka Editor Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer Itoko Nakamura Screenplay Nagisa Ōshima Writer Anatole Dauman Producer Shigeru Wakatsuki Producer
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