- Actors: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri
- Directors: Nagisa Ôshima
- Writers: Nagisa Ôshima
- Producers: Anatole Dauman, Kôji Wakamatsu
- Format: PAL
- Language Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Nouveaux
- DVD Release Date: 21 May 2001
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005IB7T
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 39,380 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The essence of sexual obsessiveness,
By A Customer
This review is from: Realm of the Senses aka Ai no korîda [VHS] [1976] (VHS Tape)
A remarkable story, told at a gentle pace, building through the layers of sexual obsession as the two principal characters, Kichi-zo and his lover, Sada, become embroiled in an erotic search for release from the everyday oppression of 1930's Japanese society. As the story approaches its violent and deeply sad conclusion (based on an actual murder case) they find themselves increasingly isolated from the expectations of family, lovers and peers and they both come to realise that emotional satisfaction and sexual fulfilment do not go hand in glove. The story is laced with comedy - the treatment of the attendant geisha for example and does well to create the feeling of life in a ryokan or Japanese Inn. The film gained notoriety for the explicitness of the in-your-face sex and serves perhaps as a object lesson in the differences between pornography and film-art.
87 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Masterwork in sexuality,
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This review is from: The Realm of the Senses [DVD] [1991] (DVD)
Yes, this is explicit, but if you're simply after pornography, you can get more bangs for your buck elsewhere: this isn't a slideshow of silicon-enhanced babes and improbably-endowed studs. It's an exploration of sexual passion; the thrill, the joy, the overwhelming power. With pornography you're watching geysers spurt. With this film, you're swimming in the sea, happily splashing about in the waves - then before you know it, you're looking at a tsunami hurtling towards you...By the end you amy well be torn between wanting the type of relationship portrayed and never wanting sex again! The film takes us to that deep and scarey place inside ourselves that few acknowledge and even fewer ever visit.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
DIFFERENT AESTHETICS,
By Perdurabo (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In the Realm of the Senses [DVD] [1976] [US Import] (DVD)
The realm of the senses is a superb film that manages to show beauty in the most unexpected ways: gerontophilia, sexual obession, pornography and many more taboo subjects are treated in the film and conveyed with such good taste and elegance that one is left speechless at the end of the film. It is a pure visual spectacle with a great soundtrack and a good simple storyline. A film that I watch at least once a year.
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