Empire of Passion
"The haunting of a passionate love."
1978-09-06
6.859
ja 105mDramaRomanceHorror
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.
Writer
Nagisa Ōshima
Editor
Keiichi Uraoka
Screenplay
Itoko Nakamura
Producer
Anatole Dauman
Director
Nagisa Ōshima
Original Music Composer
Toru Takemitsu
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Status
ReleasedCountries
- Japan
- France
Companies
- TOHO-TOWA
- Argos films
- Oshima Productions
