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Empire of Passion

6.819781h 45mRMovieDramaRomanceHorror

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.

DirectorNagisa Ōshima
WritersItoko Nakamura·Nagisa Ōshima
ProducersShigeru Wakatsuki·Anatole Dauman

Where to watch

Criterion ChannelCriterion Channel
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Cast · Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

TTTakahiro Tamura
Takahiro Tamura
Gisaburo
KYKazuko Yoshiyuki
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Seki
TFTatsuya Fuji
Tatsuya Fuji
Toyoji
TKTakuzō Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
Inspector Hotta
AKAkiko Koyama
Akiko Koyama
Young Master's Mother
TTTaiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Toichiro
KKKenzō Kawarasaki
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Young Master
SSSumie Sasaki
Sumie Sasaki
Odame
EKEizō Kitamura
Eizō Kitamura
TS
Takaaki Sugiura
AF
Akiyoshi Fujiwara
MHMasami Hasegawa
Masami Hasegawa
Oshin

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Empire of Passion is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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