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In the Realm of the Senses

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 109 mins

Original Title

Ai No Korîda
  • Director: Nagisa Ôshima
  • Writer: Nagisa Ôshima
  • Producer: Anatole Dauman; Kôji Wakamatsu

CGiii Comment

If a definition of pornography is...it's all about the money shot.

This has it all...and, it's still porn - with Geishas and horrific music.

In the 70s, it would have shocked - it's still pretty shocking...all that sexual obsession from one so demure...definitely, a wolf in sheepish attire.

Now, it's a curiosity rather than a statement.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.

Cast & Characters

Tatsuya Fuji as Kichizo Ishida;
Eiko Matsuda as Sada Abe;
Aoi Nakajima as Toku;
Yasuko Matsui as Tagawa Inn Manager;
Meika Seri as Matsuko;
Kanae Kobayashi as Old geisha Kikuryu;
Taiji Tonoyama as Old Beggar;
Kyoji Kokonoe as Teacher *miya;
Naomi Shiraishi as Geisha Yaeji;
Komikichi Hori as Mitsuwa Geisha