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Empire of Passion
Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

Genres

DramaRomanceHorror

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.885/10

Release Date

06 September 1978

Country

Japan

Cast

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

Gisaburo

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Seki

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

Toyoji

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

Inspector Hotta

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Young Master's Mother

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Toichiro

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Young Master

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Odame

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

Takaaki Sugiura

Takaaki Sugiura

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Akiyoshi Fujiwara

Masami Hasegawa

Masami Hasegawa

Oshin

Tatsuya Kimura

Tatsuya Kimura

Osugi

Osugi

Dancer

Rinichi Yamamoto

Rinichi Yamamoto

Kurazo

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Orator

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Tomi Mitsuboshi

Tomi Mitsuboshi

Eiko Shinya

Eiko Shinya

Tatsuya Kimura

Tatsuya Kimura

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