Empire of Passion

A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had plenty of sake to drink and was in bed, they strangle him and dump his body down a well. To avert any suspicions, she pretends her husband has gone off to Tokyo to work. For three years the wife and her lover secretly see each other. Finally, suspicions become very strong and people begin to gossip. To make matters worse, her husband's ghost begins to haunt her and the law arrives to investigate her husband's disappearance.Empire of Passion featuring Tatsuya Fuji and Kazuko Yoshiyuki is streaming with subscription on The Criterion Channel. It's a drama and romance movie with a better than average IMDb audience rating of 7.0 (3,850 votes) and was well received by critics.