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06/09/1978 Drama, Romance, Horror 1h 45m
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The haunting of a passionate love.

Overview

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.

  1. Nagisa Ōshima

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Takahiro Tamura

    Gisaburo

  2. Kazuko Yoshiyuki

    Seki

  3. Tatsuya Fuji

    Toyoji

  4. Takuzō Kawatani

    Inspector Hotta

  5. Akiko Koyama

    Young Master's Mother

  6. Taiji Tonoyama

    Toichiro

  7. Kenzō Kawarasaki

    Young Master

  8. Sumie Sasaki

    Odame

  9. Eizō Kitamura

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by talisencrw
Written by talisencrw on 2016-01-15
I am a great fan of Ôshima's work, though unfortunately I have only seen previously six films of his, all between 1965's 'Pleasures of the Flesh' and 1976's extremely controversial 'In the Realm of the Senses'. This, like the latter, was a period piece that looked at a doomed relationship (this time in 1895), though far less scandalous in its sexuality, though still titillating nevertheless. Exiled and forced to work with the French in order to continue his passion, Ôshima's storytelling, through Yoshio Miyajima's gorgeous camerawork and another exemplary soundtrack by Japanese scoring geniu...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Japanese

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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