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.
Director:
Nagisa Ōshima
Writer:
Itoko Nakamura
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Takahiro Tamura as Gisaburo |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Seki |
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Tatsuya Fuji as Toyoji |
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Takuzō Kawatani as Inspector Hotta |
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Akiko Koyama as Young Master's Mother |
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Taiji Tonoyama as Toichiro |
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Kenzō Kawarasaki as Young Master |
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Sumie Sasaki as Odame |
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Eizō Kitamura as |
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Takaaki Sugiura as |
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Akiyoshi Fujiwara as |
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Masami Hasegawa as Oshin |
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Tatsuya Kimura as |
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Osugi as Dancer |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as Kurazo |
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Kei Satō as Orator |
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Kanae Kobayashi as |
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Tomi Mitsuboshi as |
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Eiko Shinya as |
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Tatsuya Kimura as |
| Directing | Nagisa Ōshima | Director |
| Writing | Itoko Nakamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nagisa Ōshima | Writer |
| Production | Anatole Dauman | Producer |
| Production | Shigeru Wakatsuki | Producer |
| Sound | Toru Takemitsu | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka | Editor |
| Camera | Yoshio Miyajima | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tetsuo Yasuda | Sound Recordist |