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Empire of Passion (1978) · Cineora

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A NAGISA ŌSHIMA FILM

Empire of Passion

19781h 45mRMovie

DramaHorrorRomance

IMDb7.0/ 10 · 5.7K votes

THE HAUNTING OF A PASSIONATE LOVE.

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.

Eerie
Dark
Melancholic
Love
Supernatural
Period piece

Pace: Slow burn
Intensity: Intense
Complexity: Some focus

Good for late nights, watching alone and talking about after. Contains sexual content, graphic violence and nudity.

DirectorNagisa Ōshima

FormatFeature film

TMDB6.8 / 10

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