Empire of Passion

1978 · directed by Nagisa Ōshima

Rating: 73/100
Hit: no

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well, but his ghost returns to haunt them as the local gossip intensifies.

Empire of Passion (1978), directed by Nagisa Ōshima, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

Takahiro Tamura
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Tatsuya Fuji
Takuzō Kawatani
Akiko Koyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Sumie Sasaki
Eizō Kitamura
Takaaki Sugiura

Crew

Yoshio Miyajima — Director of Photography
Keiichi Uraoka — Editor
Tōru Takemitsu — Original Music Composer
Itoko Nakamura — Screenplay
Nagisa Ōshima — Writer

More from Nagisa Ōshima

Boy (1969) — 84/100 · hit
Cruel Story of Youth (1960) — 81/100 · hit
Death by Hanging (1968) — 79/100
In the Realm of the Senses (1976) — 73/100
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) — 71/100
Taboo (1999) — 69/100

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