"The haunting of a passionate love." 06 September 1978 Drama, Horror, Romance 105 mins
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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Takahiro Tamura as Gisaburo
Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Seki
Tatsuya Fuji as Toyoji
Takuzō Kawatani as Inspector Hotta
Akiko Koyama as Young Master's Mother
Taiji Tonoyama as Toichiro
Kenzō Kawarasaki as Young Master
Sumie Sasaki as Odame
Masami Hasegawa as Oshin
Osugi as Dancer
Rinichi Yamamoto as Kurazo
Kei Satō as Orator
Nagisa Ōshima Director
Itoko Nakamura Screenplay
Nagisa Ōshima Writer
Anatole Dauman Producer
Shigeru Wakatsuki Producer
Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Yoshio Miyajima Director of Photography
Tetsuo Yasuda Sound Recordist
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France 06 September 1978
Japan 28 October 1978
Sweden 15 February 1980
Taiwan 22 January 2021
United States 26 March 1979
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