The Film
Empire of Passion
The haunting of a passionate love.
The Story
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.
snowfall haunted woods ghostly hauntings 1890s erotic romance haunting dreams leaves adulterous wife abandoned well meiji period crime of passion guilty conscience japanese family tortured to death flogging rickshaw ghost pink film older woman younger man relationship vengeful ghost hanging strangulation unfaithfulness revenge love suspicion of murder sexual obsession based on novel or book husband wife relationship regret
Runtime
105 min
Released Sep 1978
Gallery
The Stills.
