In the Realm of the Senses on 35mm
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Director: Nagisa Ōshima Run Time: 105 min. Format: 35mm Film Rating: X Release Year: 1976 Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Starring: Aoi Nakajima, Eiko Matsuda, Meika Seri, Tatsuya Fuji, Yasuko Matsui
Screenwriter: Nagisa Ôshima
Producer: Anatole Dauman
This utterly shocking and sensual cinema experience from the boundary-pushing Nagisa Ôshima is one of the most profound and explicit depictions of obsession in the history of cinema. Based on one of Japan’s most outrageous true crimes, the story of Sada Abe, an early-twentieth century geisha who murdered and dismembered her lover, In The Realm of the Senses is a disquieting blend of pornography, art-film, and horror. In this overtly sexual, and masterfully chilling precursor to the erotic thriller (as well as Takashi Miike’s Audition), two lovers engage in an all-consuming yet devastating love affair that overwhelms their synapses with sex, violence, and obsession. Still censored in its own country, and rarely screened in this one, you won’t want to miss this singular psychosexual thriller – you just might not want to see it on a first date!
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