Film
Empire of Passion
1978 · 1h 45m · Drama · Romance · Horror
The haunting of a passionate love.
- IMDb
- 7.0
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 80%
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Overview
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.
Where to watch
Criterion Channel
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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
Crew
- Nagisa ŌshimaDirector · Writer
- Itoko NakamuraScreenplay
- Anatole DaumanProducer
- Shigeru WakatsukiProducer
- Yoshio MiyajimaDirector of Photography
- Toru TakemitsuOriginal Music Composer
- Keiichi UraokaEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 6, 1978
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- R
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Horror
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