Empire of Passion
“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.
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Takahiro Tamura
Gisaburo
Known for
Tora! Tora! Tora!
His Motorbike, Her Island
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Seki
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Ponyo
When Marnie Was There
Tatsuya Fuji
Toyoji
Known for
In the Realm of the Senses
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Takuzō Kawatani
Inspector Hotta
Known for
The Street Fighter
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Akiko Koyama
Young Master's Mother
Known for
Boy
In the Realm of the Senses
Taiji Tonoyama
Toichiro
Known for
Onibaba
In the Realm of the Senses
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Young Master
Known for
The Land of Hope
Sumie Sasaki
Odame
Known for
Pitfall
One Million Yen Girl
Eizō Kitamura
Known for
Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell
Takaaki Sugiura
Akiyoshi Fujiwara
Masami Hasegawa
Oshin
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School in the Crosshairs
Curse of the Dog God
Nagisa Ōshima Director · Itoko Nakamura Screenplay Tōru Takemitsu Composer
United States release March 26, 1979 · Produced in Japan, France · Production Argos films, Oshima Productions
Production
TOHO-TOWA
Production
Argos films
Production
Oshima Productions
Production
Japan · France
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Original title
愛の亡霊
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
France · May 19, 1978
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Japan · October 28, 1978
Theatrical
United States · March 26, 1979
Theatrical
France
September 6, 1978 · Theatrical
Germany
April 6, 1979 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 15, 1980 · Theatrical
Taiwan
January 22, 2021 · Theatrical
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