
Empire of Passion(1978)
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.


While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.

Takao Osawa
Sakutaro Matsumoto

Ko Shibasaki
Ritsuko Fujimura

Masami Nagasawa
Aki Hirose

Mirai Moriyama
Young Sakutaro Matsumoto

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Shigezou Matsumoto

Kankuro Kudo
Ryunosuke Oki

Kanji Tsuda
Johnny

Issey Takahashi
Young Ryunosuke

Rio Kanno
Young Ritsuko

Tetta Sugimoto
Aki's Father
Crying Out Love in the Center of the World is a drama, romance film released in 2004 exploring themes of regret, based on novel or book, loss of loved one, terminal illness, flashback, love. Directed by Isao Yukisada, it stars Takao Osawa, Ko Shibasaki, Masami Nagasawa. While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
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