Empire of Passion(1978)
The haunting of a passionate love.
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.
Movie: Empire of Passion
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gisaburo
Seki
Toyoji
Inspector Hotta
Young Master's Mother
Toichiro
Young Master
Odame
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