Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

The haunting of a passionate love.

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Release Date

9/6/1978

Runtime

105 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting blend of illicit desire and supernatural consequence, where a doomed affair in feudal Japan bleeds into ghostly retribution. The film luxuriates in eroticism and atmosphere, then traps you in its own claustrophobic guilt.

Mood

MelancholicDread-soakedRomanticParanoid

Themes

LoveObsessionRevengeMortality

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyHigh-contrastNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

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Sexual contentGraphic violence

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