Synopsis
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
1976 ‘愛のコリーダ’ Directed by Nagisa Ōshima
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself.
Tatsuya Fuji Eiko Matsuda Aoi Nakajima Meika Seri Mariko Abe Tomi Mitsuboshi Hiroko Fuji Taiji Tonoyama Naomi Shiraishi Machiko Aoki Yuriko Azuma Kiyomi Yasuda Rei Minami Komikichi Hori Kyôko Okada Kikuhei Matsunoya Yasuko Matsui Kyōji Kokonoe Hitomi Fukuhara Katsue Tamiyama Shinkichi Noda Kanae Kobayashi Akiko Koyama Kimiko Ishii
感官王国, 官能王国, L'impero dei sensi, Ai no korīda, Ai no corrida, Im Reich der Sinne, El imperio de los sentidos, 感官世界, Империя чувств, Az érzékek birodalma, 감각의 제국
i am a fan of the ~sex~
that weird thing people do that i have also done
would recommend
Ahhh, yes... the beauty of sexual intimacy, the great variety of sensations felt during the most beautiful act of love, the very emotions of the human being reaching an extreme point of pleasure. Ai no Corrida is the most cinematically graphic representation of a fully-developed study on human eroticism, but what is often confused with either a strictly pornographic film or with a fully perverted movie is actually an essay of political ideas depicted with extreme liberalism. Audacious and poetical Japanese director Nagisa Ôshima directs his definitive masterpiece, a controversial work of art of impeccably explicit proportions that awakens the very human reactions of denial when sexual content is mercilessly displayed on the screen, a reaction that, ironically, people do…
Love all of the straight cinebros on here calling this 'tatty old porn masquerading as arthouse.' What kind of porn are y'all watching?
Even if this was pornographic (it's not), does that make it a bad thing? Should a story that's about sexual obsession just have the camera pan over to a window or fade to black?
Not sure how, but I forgot just how (intentionally!) funny this is. Matsuda and Fuji give the performances of a lifetime. Really stunning.
The film is about Obsession not sex! Unsimulated sex is rampant, but after awhile it loses it's allure and even the voyeurs among us wish they'd take a break! That is the point when we begin seeing it for what it truly is... an obsession!
Based on a true story about an incident that took place in 1936 Japan! The funny thing about this is Japan doesn't censor gory, bloody, graphic violence and serves it up on a silver platter on a regular basis but god forbid if a film depicts unsimulated sex or a male penis that's instant ban material! Thankfully Oshima found a French partner otherwise this film would never have seen the light of day!
So I applaud the film for simply existing!
Based on a true story, In the Realm of the Senses — set in 1936 Tokyo — depicts the intense sexual obsession between Kichizo and Sada; the former a hotel owner, the latter one of the hotel's maids.
In the Realm of the Senses is a psychosexual experience that borders on pornography (lots of the very explicit sex scenes are unsimulated), but if I were to call it a porno, I'd have to add to that that it's by far the most beautifully shot, most beautifully sounding, and most beautifully written porno of all time. This has little to do with love, and everything to do with desire, passion, lust, ecstasy: the realm of the senses. Immediate basic needs like sleep and…
When a film depicts sex for the mere sake of it, that's where I believe it can be deemed pornography. In the case of In the Realm of the Senses, as explicit as the sex may be, I don't at all see it as pornography - it nearly borders on that but to me, it wouldn't seem fair especially when what we have is a story being told, one especially that shocked Japan during its time. But out of everyone they got to direct it, it was a man who wanted to push beyond the limits, none other than Nagisa Oshima. It's interesting how others can read into this, but I find it extremely masterful and at that, it is…
how do you even start writing about a film like this? i feel lost for words yet i have so much to say. it was definitely one of the most profound studies of a film i’ve ever seen, and i doubt i’ll ever see anything like this again. it just had this power to transport you in that very moment.
it was really brilliant.
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the film itself has, in Oshima’s own words, sex as a plot line, with the themes of the film being much deeper and rooted within the story through symbolic means - in that sense it feels rather like a surrealist film. i’m not going to talk about all the symbolism here but i’ll quickly touch…