Sep 06, 1978
105 min
Full-HD

Empire of Passion (1978)

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.

Category

Drama Romance Horror

Country

Japan France

Companies

TOHO-TOWA Argos films Oshima Productions

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

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