#466: OSHIMA, Nagisa: In The Realm Of The Senses (1976)
OSHIMA, Nagisa (Japan)
In The Realm Of The Senses [1976]
Spine #466
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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
Color
Monaural
in Japanese
in Japanese
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2009
Director/Writer
Nagisa Oshima was 44 when he wrote and directed In the Realm of the Senses.
Other Oshima films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 21: Pleasures Of The Flesh (1965)
Eclipse Series 21: Violence At Noon (1966)
Eclipse Series 21: Sing A Song Of Sex (1967)
Eclipse Series 21: Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Eclipse Series 21: Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
#798: Death By Hanging (1968)
#467: Empire Of Passion (1978)
#535: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
The Film
Other Oshima films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 21: Pleasures Of The Flesh (1965)
Eclipse Series 21: Violence At Noon (1966)
Eclipse Series 21: Sing A Song Of Sex (1967)
Eclipse Series 21: Japanese Summer: Double Suicide (1967)
Eclipse Series 21: Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968)
#798: Death By Hanging (1968)
#467: Empire Of Passion (1978)
#535: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
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
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The ExtrasThe 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):
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):
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