Based on a true case involving a woman in 1936 who was found wandering the streets of Tokyo carrying her dead lover's severed penis, Nagisa Oshima's sexually graphic, and extremely disturbing, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, became notorious when it was seized by U.S. Customs officials in
1976, postponing its showing at the New York Film Festival.
In 1936 Japan, a nymphomaniac ex-prostitute named Sada (Eiko Matsuda) goes to work at an inn owned by Kichizo (Tatsuya Fuji) and his wife. Sada and Kichizo begin an affair and he eventually leaves his wife and runs away with Sada. They move into a geisha house in the red-light district, where
their frequent bouts of sex, ...
Released:
1976
Rated:
NR
Length:
105 mins