Empire of Passion (1978)

1978 · 105 min · Drama, Romance, Horror

A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well, but his ghost returns to haunt them as the local gossip intensifies.

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Starring Takahiro Tamura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Takuzō Kawatani and Akiko Koyama.

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