JAPAN · 1978

Empire of Passion

Nagisa Oshima
Japanese New Wave unfaithfulness love husband wife relationship suspicion of murder sexual obsession revenge regret
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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.

Year1978
CountryJapan
DirectorNagisa Oshima
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