In the Realm of the Senses

1976 105 min ★ 6.6 Drama, Romance

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

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Cast

Eiko Matsuda

Sada Abe

Tatsuya Fuji

Kichizo Ishida

Aoi Nakajima

Toku

Yasuko Matsui

Tagawa Inn Manager

Meika Seri

Matsuko (Yoshidaya Maid)

Kanae Kobayashi

Old Geisha Kikuryû

Taiji Tonoyama

Old Beggar

Kyōji Kokonoe

Teacher Ômiya

Naomi Shiraishi

Geisha Yaeji

Shinkichi Noda

Street Restaurant Owner

Details

Director

Nagisa Ōshima

Tagline

"Never before had a man and a woman loved each other so intensely."

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Revenue

$7,650,000

Production

Argos films, Oshima Productions, Shibata Organisation

Reviews

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Sigeki Ogino

October 2, 2022

To put it bluntly, it was Pasolini and Nagisa Oshima who elevated pornography to an art form. "Ai no Corrida" is a film based on the crazy scandal of a Japanese woman, Sada Abe, who was obsessed with sex. The film is a masterful depiction of sex, and in the uncensored version, viewers will be surprised to find that the sex acts in the film are no different from those in pornographic videos. Some m...