Empire of Passion

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.

Cast

Takahiro Tamura

Takahiro Tamura

as Gisaburo

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

as Seki

Tatsuya Fuji

Tatsuya Fuji

as Toyoji

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

as Inspector Hotta

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

as Young Master's Mother

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

as Toichiro

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Kenzō Kawarasaki

as Young Master

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

as Odame

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

as

Takaaki Sugiura

Takaaki Sugiura

as

Reviews

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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 relationship (this time...

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