IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1976
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida), by the always provocative Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of all time. Based on a a true incident, its graphically depicts the all-consuming, transcendent—but ultimately destructive—love of a man and a woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics, In the Realm of the Senses is a brave, taboo-breaking milestone, still censored in its own country.
• Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Kanae Kobayashi, Taiji Tonoyama, Kyôji Kokonoe, Naomi Shiraishi, Shinkichi Noda, Komikichi Hori, Kikuhei Matsunoya, Akiko Koyama, Yuriko Azuma, Rei Minami, Machiko Aoki, Mariko Abe, Kyôko Okada, Kiyomi Yasuda, Hiroko Fuji, Tômi Mitsuboshi, Katsue Tamiyama, Hitomi Fukuhara, Nagisa Ôshima, Hideo Itoh, Patrick Sauvion, Keiichi Uraoka, Minoru Miki
• Director: Nagisa Ôshima
• Runtime: 1:42
• Company: Argos films, Janus Films, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie