#466: OSHIMA, Nagisa: In The Realm Of The Senses (1976)

OSHIMA, Nagisa (Japan)
In The Realm Of The Senses [1976]
Spine #466
Blu-ray


In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida), by the always provocative Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of all time. Based on a true incident, it graphically depicts the all-consuming, transcendent — but ultimately destructive — love of a man and a woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics, In the Realm of the Senses is a brave, taboo-breaking milestone, still censored in its own country.

102 minutes
Color
Monaural
in Japanese
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009
Director/Writer



Film Rating (0-60):

60

The Extras

The Booklet

Forty-page booklet featuring an essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima.

Commentary

Featuring film critic Tony Rayns.

Interview 1

With actor Fuji.

Interview 2

From 1976 with director Oshima and actors Fuji and Matsuda, and a 2003 program featuring interviews with consulting producer Hayao Shibata, line producer Koji Wakamatsu, assistant director Yoichi Sai, and film distributor Yoko Asakura.

Deleted footage

U.S. trailer

Extras Rating (0-40):

39

60 + 39 =

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