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Empire of Passion

愛の亡霊

1978 ·1h 45m · ★ 6.9 (131)

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.

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Director

Nagisa Ōshima Nagisa Ōshima

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
43
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
66
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
40
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
100
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
0
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
85
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
17
Discover with this DNA
GhostRevenge

Content Warnings

Sexual ViolenceTaboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationTorture
Phobia triggers

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TMDB Keywords

1890sabandoned welladulterous wifebased on novel or bookcrime of passionerotic romancefloggingghostly hauntingsguilty consciencehanginghaunted woodshaunting dreamshusband wife relationshipjapanese familyleaveslovemeiji periodolder woman younger man relationshippink filmregretrickshawsexual obsessionsnowfallstrangulationsuspicion of murdertortured to deathunfaithfulnessvengeful ghost

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