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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 true incident, it 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.
Original Release
09/15/1976
US Release
04/01/1977
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Tatsuya Fuji | Kichizo Ishida |
Eiko Matsuda | Sada Abe |
Aoi Nakajima | Toku |
Yasuko Matsui | Tagawa Inn Manager |
Meika Seri | Matsuko (Yoshidaya maid) / Matsuko |
Kanae Kobayashi | Old geisha Kikuryû / Kikuryu |
Taiji Tonoyama | Old Beggar |
Kyôji Kokonoe | Teacher Ômiya / Omiya |
Naomi Shiraishi | Geisha Yaeji / Yaeji |
Shinkichi Noda |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tatsuya Fuji | Kichizo Ishida |
Eiko Matsuda | Sada Abe |
Aoi Nakajima | Toku |
Yasuko Matsui | Tagawa Inn Manager |
Meika Seri | Matsuko (Yoshidaya maid) / Matsuko |
Kanae Kobayashi | Old geisha Kikuryû / Kikuryu |
Taiji Tonoyama | Old Beggar |
Kyôji Kokonoe | Teacher Ômiya / Omiya |
Naomi Shiraishi | Geisha Yaeji / Yaeji |
Shinkichi Noda | |
Komikichi Hori | Mitsuwa Geisha |
Kikuhei Matsunoya | Hôkan jester |
Akiko Koyama | Mansaki Geisha |
Yuriko Azuma | Mitsuwa Geisha |
Rei Minami | Mitsuwa Geisha |
Machiko Aoki | Mitsuwa maid |
Mariko Abe | Kinu (Yoshidaya maid) |
Kyôko Okada | Hangyoku / young Geisha) |
Kiyomi Yasuda | Mitsuwa Geisha |
Hiroko Fuji | O-Tsune (Yoshidaya head maid) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Anatole Dauman | Producer |