Empire of Passion
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nagisa Oshima
Tatsuya Fuji
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Takahiro Tamura
Takaaki Sugiura
Masami Hasegawa
Film Details
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Synopsis
When the wife of an elderly rickshaw driver begins an affair with a newly discharged soldier, they successfully plot to murder him, but his ghost quickly reappears.
Director
Nagisa Oshima
Cast
Tatsuya Fuji
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Takahiro Tamura
Takaaki Sugiura
Masami Hasegawa
Takuzo Kawatani
Akiko Koyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Kenzo Kawarazaki
Eizo Kitamura
Sumie Sasaki
Crew
Anatole Dauman
Frances Head
Yoshio Miyajima
Itoko Nakamura
Kenichi Okamoto
Nagisa Oshima
Alex Pront
Toru Takemitsu
Jusho Toda
Keiichi Uraoka
Shigeru Wakatsuki
Tetsuo Yasuda
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1978
Released in United States June 18, 1990
Released in United States March 1979
Released in United States October 28, 1989
Released in United States on Video September 30, 1991
Shown at International Festival of Asian Film, New York City October 28, 1989.
Shown at Pacific Film Archive (A Producer's Vision: Anatole Dauman) in Berkeley, California June 18, 1990.
Released in United States 1978
Released in United States March 1979 (Shown at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) March 14-30, 1979.)
Released in United States June 18, 1990 (Shown at Pacific Film Archive (A Producer's Vision: Anatole Dauman) in Berkeley, California June 18, 1990.)
Released in United States on Video September 30, 1991
Released in United States October 28, 1989 (Shown at International Festival of Asian Film, New York City October 28, 1989.)