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In The Realm Of The Senses (1976)
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Nagisa Oshima's sensational, 1976 film concerns a woman (Eiko Matsuda) whose obsessive sexual relationship with her husband (Tatsuya Fuji) crosses the line from passion into the territory of life and death. One of the most sexually explicit films ever to play in mainstream theaters (though it did run into legal trouble both in the U.S. and Japan), it has an air of palpable doom, suggesting that sex can be a doorway to suicide. Lest this sound like grunge-era noodling over dreams of self-destruction, be assured that the Kyoto-born Oshima (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence) takes a somewhat formal, middle-aged perspective on the conjunction...
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| Starring: |  | Tatsuya Fuji
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| | Eiko Matsuda | | Aio Nakajima | | Kanae Kobayashi | | Naomi Shiraishi | | Akiko Koyama | | Yuriko Azuma | | Yasuko Matsui | | Kyôji Kokonoe | | Shinkichi Noda | | Komikichi Hori | | Kikuhei Matsunoya | | Rei Minami |
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| In The Realm Of The Senses Movie Review by Movie Addict (2/4/2009) |
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This Japanese pink film is no video nastie, as it lacks any sort of a story other than a prostitute wanting continual sex with a married man. Of course, he will take it from anyone he can, and she will leave him to make money, but the rest of the film, over 80% is the two of them engaging in numerous bouts of sex and...
(complete In The Realm Of The Senses review by Movie Addict)
| In The Realm Of The Senses Movie Review by brian (12/11/2008) |
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What is the difference between arthouse & porn? Where do we draw the line? When have we seen too much or when could graphic cinema become too extreme even for the liberal viewer?
In The Realm Of The Senses somehow manages to encompass the best of all worlds which leaves viewers shaking their heads in amazement. In fact,...
(complete In The Realm Of The Senses review by brian)
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