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In the Realm of the Senses

Ai no korîda (L'Empire des Sens)

1976

Nagisa Ôshima

Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji, Aoi Nakajima, Taiji Tonoyama ...

6.3

11,620

Romance. Drama The film for which Oshima earned worldwide fame and marked a new era in the way sexuality was portrayed in cinema. The true story of Sada Abe, the woman who killed and castrated her lover, became in Oshima’s hands an out-and-out declaration of principles on the subversive power of sex.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Trevor Johnston Time Out	"Worryingly convincing in its sadomasochistic detail, this is seriously provocative cinema, a telling reminder of what it really means to be dangerous."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"'Ai No Corrida' is an undeniably powerful, stylish and impressive piece of work."	POS
United Kingdom	Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard	"It was made 33 years ago but Nagisa Oshima's doomed lust classic doesn't look in the least bit dusty. Quite the opposite."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This uncompromising film has not dated one iota, perhaps because films that are really about sex are still such a rarity (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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