In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 14 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Synopsis: In 1936, in the midst of rising Japanese militarism, a former prostitute, Sada, goes to work as a maid in a brothel. The house's handsome owner, Kichizo, soon begins to court her, and Sada eagerly returns his attentions. Their subsequent affair and constant lovemaking grow more and more... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji
Director: Nagisa Oshima
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06/16/08
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At best it's a thinking person's XXX flick; at worst it's as repetitive as a porn video.
04/09/07
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02/09/06
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05/09/05
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In her essay, “A Theory on Female Sexuality” (1966), American psychiatrist Mary Jane Sherfey noted that “the strength of the [sex] drive determines the force required to suppress it.”
05/08/03
It is a task to measure the film’s aesthetics, as it is secondary to frequent sex – shown in such patient detail that its reality would never be questioned.
08/15/02
The majority of what we are made to watch is far from enlightening, entertaining, or erotic.
03/05/02
Oshima, poses with In The Realm Of The Senses the philosophically seductive question: Does a form of government dictate the way people have sex?
03/24/01
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02/27/01
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01/01/00
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