In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

Name: In the Realm of the Senses
Released: 1976
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri

• Movies, Drama, Romance

• 105 min

6.6

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

Directed by: Nagisa Ōshima
Casting: Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Taiji Tonoyama, Kyōji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi, Shinkichi Noda, Komikichi Hori, Kikuhei Matsunoya, Akiko Koyama, Yuriko Azuma, Rei Minami, Machiko Aoki, Mariko Abe, Kyōko Okada, Kiyomi Yasuda, Hiroko Fuji, Tomi Mitsuboshi, Kimiko Ishii, Katsue Tamiyama, Hitomi Fukuhara
Countries: France, Japan
Premiere: 1976-09-15
Status: Released

Tags: japan, pornography, jealousy, geisha, brothel, sake, longing, deceived wife, based on true story, sadomasochism, mistress, prostitution, nymphomania, 1930s, depravation, sex, shōwa era (1926-89), penis mutilation, erotic asphyxiation

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.