In the Realm of the Senses

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

6.6(723)19761h 45m

DramaRomance

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.

Director

Nagisa Ōshima

Revenue

$7.7M

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

Komikichi Hori

Mitsuwa Geisha

Kikuhei Matsunoya

Hôkan Jester

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1 review

Sigeki_Ogino

3y ago

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...