Japan Synopsis
愛の亡霊
“The haunting of a passionate love.”
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.
The 1977–1979 Japan Window
52 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Empire of Passion sits at position #20.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Empire of Passion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO-TOWA
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Empire of Passion premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
7.0
TMDB Rating
95
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier
Ranked #2,134 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #938 of 1,933 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, Japan |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO-TOWA, Argos Films, Oshima Productions, TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | September 6, 1978 |
| IMDb | tt0077132 |