REmpire of Passion

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Play Time: 105 mins
Drama, Romance, Horror
Empire of Passion

Overview:
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.

Original Title:愛の亡霊
Status: Released (1978-09-06)
Awards:3 wins & 8 nominations
Screen:Itoko Nakamura, Nagisa Ôshima
Productions: TOHO-TOWA, Argos Films, Oshima Productions, TOHO
Production Countries: France, Japan
Spoken Languages: 日本語
Empire of Passion
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I am a great fan of Ôshima's work, though unfortunately I have only seen previously six films of his, all between 1965's 'Pleasures of the Flesh' and 1976's extremely controversial 'In the Realm of the Senses'. This, like the latter, was a period piece that looked at a doomed relatio ....

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