Probably the most famous erotic film ever made, Oshima's masterpiece yields a fascinating conundrum: it's sexually explicit, but is it finally more about the mind than the body.
One of the most shocking true stories to hit Japanese society and one of the most controversial films ever made, world renowned director Nagisa Oshima's In The Realm Of The Senses is like no other film you have experienced. Immediately banned on its 1976 release in the United States, given a limited release in the U.K and still censored in its own country, In The Realm Of The Senses is a masterpiece notorious for its graphic sexual content, scandalous subject matter and its unforgettable climax.Set in Pre-War Tokyo, 1936, In The Realm Of The Senses tells the story of Sade Abe. Having found work as a maid in a popular hotel, Sade soon begins a torrid relationship with the infamous owner. Completely infatuated with each other, their increasingly experimental sexual encounters spiral into an all-consuming, obsessive and destructive love affair where even life is worth sacrificing.
The Realm of the Senses: Ai No Corrida is perhaps the most notorious erotic film in cinema history having been banned at the 1976 New York Film Festival and denied a video release in the UK until 2000. Based on fact the film depicts the relationship between an ex- prostitute who becomes a domestic servant and her master who have a mutual sexual appetite which is almost boundless. The climax to the film is legendary and has become one of the most talked about scenes in movie history. Empire of Passion: Oshima deservedly won the Best Director award at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival for this thrilling ghost story set in late 19th century rural Japan. A housewife embarks on a torrid affair with a younger man and they decide that they must kill her elderly husband in order to protect their sordid secret. Having committed the murder they dispose of the body and explain his absence to the village by claiming he had departed for Tokyo to find work but three years after his death the ghost of the dead husband starts appearing in the village threatening to expose the illicit passion
This slice of powerful eastern erotica takes place over one day in a house of pleasure in 1950's Tokyo on the eve of a new law which will ban prostitution. With an observant and perceptive eye director Kumashiro depicts the sometimes sad sometimes funny but always highly engaging lives of the girls who work on this 'street of joy'. This is one of the most successful of Nikkotsu's famous 'romantic porno' movies. Many critics consider it amongst the best Japanese films of the 1970's.
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