Empire of Passion

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Empire of Passion (1978)

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

“The haunting of a passionate love.”

Drama, Romance, Horror · 1h 45m

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.

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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
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Takaaki Sugiura
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Akiyoshi Fujiwara Masami Hasegawa Oshin

Crew

Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Screenplay
Itoko Nakamura
Writer
Nagisa Ōshima
Director of Photography
Yoshio Miyajima
Original Music Composer
Tōru Takemitsu
Editor
Keiichi Uraoka
Producer
Anatole Dauman, Shigeru Wakatsuki

Details

Original title
愛の亡霊
Release date
1978-09-06
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Romance, Horror
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan, France
Production
TOHO-TOWA, Argos films, Oshima Productions