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Empire of Passion(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-09-06
69%
124 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
The haunting of a passionate love.
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Oshima Productions
Movie: Empire of Passion
Top 10 Billed Cast
田村高廣
Gisaburo
吉行和子
Seki
藤竜也
Toyoji
川谷拓三
Inspector Hotta
小山明子
Young Master's Mother
殿山泰司
Toichiro
河原崎建三
Young Master
佐々木すみ江
Odame
北村英三
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