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.
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
Drama + Romance in Japan
270 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Empire of Passion itself).
The 1977–1979 Japan Window
Empire of Passion holds position #20 of 52 Japan films in the 1977–1979 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Empire of Passion premiered alongside 19 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1978.
The 498th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
95 audience reviews — more than 75% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Empire of Passion, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- regret · 4
- older man younger man relationship · 3
- relationship problems · 2
- unfaithfulness · 1
- revenge · 210
- love · 123
- ghost · 84
- pink film · 50
- husband wife relationship · 46
Reception Benchmarks
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 |