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Quick Info

Rating

6.9/10

Release1978

Runtime1h 45m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

TOHO-TOWA

Argos films

Oshima Productions

Movie

Empire of Passion

1978

1h 45m

6.9

Drama

Romance

Horror

Synopsis

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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