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Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tatsuya Fuji on EMPIRE OF PASSION

Empire of Passion • 17m

The following program, recorded in Tokyo in 2008, features interviews with EMPIRE OF PASSION actors Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Tatsuya Fuji, who play Seki and Toyoji.

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