Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

1978 · 105 min · JA · R · 7.0 (95 votes)
Dir. Nagisa Ōshima · Starring Takahiro Tamura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takuzō Kawatani, Akiko Koyama, Taiji Tonoyama · Music Toru Takemitsu

The haunting of a passionate love.

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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.

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A suffocating atmosphere of repressed desire and simmering guilt. This film feels like a fever dream, where unspoken passions and dark secrets coil around the characters, leading to an inevitable, chilling climax.

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