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Empire of Passion

A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.

R

HD

Drama, Horror, Romance

1978

105 min

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Movie Info:

  • Full Name : Empire of Passion
  • Duration : 105 min
  • Languages : Japanese
  • Writers : Itoko Nakamura (story), Nagisa èshima
  • Directors : Nagisa èshima min
  • Imdb : 7 (2283 votes)
  • Tomatoes : 3.5 (938 votes)
  • Actors : Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Takahiro Tamura, Takuzè Kawatani

Movie Storyline

A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.

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