Empire of Passion (1978)
1h 45m
Running Time
September 6, 1978Release Date
Empire of Passion (1978)
1h 45m
Running Time
September 6, 1978Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
SubsCurrently Empire of Passion is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
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
Osugi
Dancer
Rinichi Yamamoto
Kurazo
Kei Satō
Orator
Nagisa Ōshima
Director / Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 6, 1978
Original Name愛の亡霊
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
pink film
regret
love
revenge
unfaithfulness
ghost
wife husband relationship
based on novel or book
sexual obsession
suspicion of murder
strangulation
hanging
vengeful ghost
older woman younger man relationship
rickshaw
flogging
tortured to death
japanese family
guilty conscience
crime of passion
meiji period
abandoned well
adulterous wife
leaves
haunting dreams
erotic romance
1890's
ghostly hauntings
haunted woods
snowfall
Wiki.
Empire of Passion (愛の亡霊, Ai no Bōrei) is a 1978 French-Japanese film produced, written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima, based on a novel by Itoko Nakamura. The film was a co-production between Oshima Prods. and Argos Films.
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