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06/16/08
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:23
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
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... [More]
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02/27/01
I can only imagine critics at the initial screening ... marveling at a 20-foot penis taking up the entire screen: "Oh yeah, that totally represents the patriarchy."
07/26/09
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08/28/05
Declaring yourself bored by a movie full of explicit sex may sometimes mark you out as a dreary pseudo-sophisticate, but in this case it’s fair enough.
09/01/09
quickly becomes as monotonous as bluenoses accuse it of being prurient
05/11/09
The majority of what we are made to watch is far from enlightening, entertaining, or erotic.
03/05/02
A graphic and extremely disturbing exploration of lust and love that deserves its reputation as a classic of world cinema.
08/29/09
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
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10/10/03
It was made 33 years ago but Nagisa Oshima’s doomed lust classic doesn’t look in the least bit dusty. Quite the opposite.
08/29/09
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01/06/06
Ai No Corrida is an undeniably powerful, stylish and impressive piece of work.
08/29/09
The sex doesn't seem to be gratuitous.
12/23/01
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07/25/05
To paraphrase a crack from Pauline Kael: light the incense, perverts.
04/27/09
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May 03, 2009:
Baring much more than bodies, Oshima delves deeply into subconscious carnal desires under the influence of society, and the eternal human contradictions between liberating sexual impulses and erotic enslavement. 
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July 09, 2007:
Baring much more than bodies, Oshima delves deeply into subconscious carnal desires under the influence of society, and the eternal human contradictions between liberating sexual impulses and erotic enslavement.
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March 24, 2001:
Oshima, poses with In The Realm Of The Senses the philosophically seductive question: Does a form of government dictate the way people have sex?
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