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In the Realm of the Senses is a 1976 drama romance film, directed by Nagisa Ōshima, starring Eiko Matsuda, Tatsuya Fuji and Aoi Nakajima.
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60 of 84 · most liked firstTop five film genres: The Erotic Bummer (In the Realm of the Senses, Brokeback Mountain) The Ordeal (Sorcerer, Deliverance) Transcendental Horror (Hereditary, The Witch) GoodFellas-as-genre (Casino, Boogie Nights) "I think this movie is actually evil" (Under the Skin, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite film genres: 5. The Ordeal (Sorcerer, Deliverance) 4. The Erotic Bummer (In the Realm of the Senses, The Cook The Thief etc) 3. Transcendental Horror (Midsommar, The Lighthouse) 2. Horror that's like a black hole in the world (Lost Highway, The Shining) 1. Road House
neutral · AI labelView post →LET ME DIE A WOMAN (Doris Wishman, 1977) When I was a teenager this film was positioned alongside SALO, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES and FACES OF DEATH as the hardest of the hardcore, and it's sort of funny that it earned that reputation because of vaginoplasty. Meanwhile, I'm watching it like "neat"
neutral · AI labelView post →Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, David Bowie's film about Japanese war crimes from the director of In the Realm of the Senses, and Let's Dance, David Bowie's album that made him (conservatively) one of the ten most famous human beings on Earth, came out within a month of each other
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatched In the Realm of the Senses last night and felt refreshed because not one single character stated the thesis of the film during its runtime to help the audience out. It’s a complicated, messy and controversial film. It is, to paraphrase screenwriter David Kajganich, rigorous filmmaking.
positive · AI labelView post →Aguirre, the Wrath of God: a classic Ordeal, in the River Ordeal subgenre (Deliverance, Apocalypse Now). Everyone in this movie has a different wrong idea In the Realm of the Senses: It just makes other movies look cowardly.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Babygirl. Really enjoyed it. Occurs to me that I also really loved Secretary, Crash, In the Realm of the Senses, Sex Lies & Videotape, Belle De Jour, Leap Year (the 2010 Mexican movie not that awful ‘Irish’ one), Shortbus and Damage (1992). Just love humans being lil freaks I guess.
positive · AI labelView post →Pope Leo's fifth favorite movie is In the Realm of the Senses.
neutral · AI labelView post →so cool that, asked what movie she'd like to see on 70mm, Mona Fastvold jumps to In the Realm of the Senses saw it once on 35mm (on my birthday!) and it looked extraordinary
neutral · AI labelView post →NEW EPISODE!! Film critic, podcaster, and historian @alexwest.bsky.social joins us to talk about her book “Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror” and the movies of 1976, including “Carrie,” “Taxi Driver,” and “In the Realm of the Senses.” It's a good one! buttondown.email/AVeryGoodYea...
neutral · AI labelView post →Next week, we are co-presenting IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES with the @grandillusioncinema.org. Oshima used Sada Abe's true story to critique Japanese culture, where the film is still censored. September 2&3 at SIFF Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day (3rd February) in 1986, the Scala Cinema was showing In The Realm Of The Senses and Empire Of Passion as a double bill.
neutral · AI labelView post →50th anniversary 35MM screenings of Nagisa Oshima’s controversial classic, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES, co-presented by @secsfest.org Fest! 9/2-3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! “An undeniably powerful, stylish & impressive piece of work.” Empire grandillusioncinema.org/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited to be co-presenting the provocative Japanese film, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976) with @grandillusioncinema.org, on 35mm! September 2 & 3 at 7:15pm grandillusioncinema.org/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Not to everybody’s tastes but I thought this was a magnificent Oshima film. Far more daring than ‘In The Realm of The Senses’ and a caustic indictment of institutional murder. #FilmSky boxd.it/f1J7UJ
positive · AI labelView post →On my endless list of potential creative projects, I would really like to make a porn movie that has a good story and extremely hot fucking, but not a total bummer (even though I like those, In the Realm of the Senses). I'm *certain* it can be done.
positive · AI labelView post →I watched this immediately after a non-theatrical release became available. Was honestly disappointed. Not only for having no artistic value or merits as a film whatsoever (not like I expected it to be) but the fact that it wants to be edgy yet pulls their punches. For example, in the "newborn porn" scene, you don't actually see anything. It just shows the lead's reaction to what was heavily implied to be fetus buggering. There's also a ton of cutaway shots from the violent scenes... like the…
negative · AI labelView post →There is an infamous movie about this called [Ai no Corrida/In The Realm of the Senses](https://letterboxd.com/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses/) mostly known for the unsimulated sex and yes, it does have the castration scene. But as a film, it's surprisingly good and has a depressing story.
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day (2nd January) in 1989, the Scala Cinema was showing In the Realm of the Senses aka Ai no Korīda (1976) & Empire Of Passion aka Ai no Bōrē (1978) as a Nagisa Ōshima double bill. In The Realm of the Senses was also shown on this day in 1984 but on its own.
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw "In the Realm of the Senses" on a date. It was a double feature and we had gone for the other (art house) movie, which was not 2 hours of unsimulated close up sex and castration. Somehow we saw "Sensed" instead, and there was no second date
negative · AI labelView post →In the Realm of the Senses directed by Nagisa Ōshima i...i knew there was gonna be a lot of sex but holy shit.
neutral · AI labelView post →In 1976, the Japanese film "In the Realm of the Senses" caused a lot of controversy because of its inclusion of unsimulated sex. You can now check out a profound treatment of the film (including explicit pics!) by clicking this link now >>> shungagallery.com/nagisa-oshim...
neutral · AI labelView post →50 years ago: In the Realm of the Senses (JP,FR) Original title: 愛のコリーダ A passionate telling of the story... 1976-09-15 #ClassicFilm #EikoMatsuda #TatsuyaFuji #AoiNakajima https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5879
neutral · AI labelView post →One more chance to see IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES in 35mm tonight! 715pm at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center, co-presented with @secsfest.org. “An undeniably powerful, stylish & impressive piece of work.” David Parkinson, Empire *No one under 18 admitted* grandillusioncinema.org/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →“This is seriously provocative cinema, a telling reminder of what it really means to be dangerous.” Time Out Wed & Thur IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES screens in 35mm for its 50th anniversary at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center! Co-presented by @secsfest.org! grandillusioncinema.org/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge 7/12 Freebie (any movie) In the Realm of the Senses (1976) A fictionalized account of the story of Sada Abe, a geisha who made sensational headlines in 1936 Japan when her sadomasochistic affair with her lover ended in his murder #filmsky 📽️ #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →(L-R) Color commentator Dr. Yuko Hattori, film director and guest judge Nagisa Ōshima (In the Realm of the Senses, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence), and play-by-play man Kenji Fukui
neutral · AI labelView post →MJ's MD Russell makes their debut with a look at the controversial Japanese film, IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES. #InTheRealmOfTheSenses is now streaming on @criterion.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Realm of the Senses (1976) is an exquisite film.
positive · AI labelView post →Ten films to get to know me: The Pillow Book (1996) November (2017) The Color of Pomegranates (1969) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) Star Wars (1977) The Fall (2006) Enys Men (2022) In the Realm of the Senses (1976) You Won't Be Alone (2022) Gladiator (2000)
neutral · AI labelView post →We are co-presenting IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES with the @grandillusioncinema.org for the film's 50th anniversary. Screens this Wednesday and Thursday at the SIFF Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →After a weekend of hot sex she killed her lover and cut off his penis. Became a celebrity murderer. Served 6 years in jail and was pardoned on the Emperor's Birthday. Tried to disappear but eventually tracked down. Her story became the film In The Realm of the Senses.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Obsession” was good. It would make a great movie night double feature with “In the Realm of the Senses” (1976)
neutral · AI labelView post →OCD compels me to spreadsheet. Combined the greatest-films-of-all-time lists. Presenting the top 1,461 as a daily countdown to the end of the Trump Administration. #Film 📽️ #Resist #MovieSky #Movies #1,101 -- In the Realm of the Senses (1976) dir. Nagisa Oshima
neutral · AI labelView post →Tell them that In the Realm of the Senses is a Hallmark romance movie
neutral · AI labelView post →"Oshima’s infamous sexual psychodrama shocked on release and remains a classic of provocative cinema, a transgressive and bold narrative portraying sexuality as power play. While we cannot consider this movie weird, it has elements of the bizarre."--Michael Diamades on "In the Realm of the Senses"
neutral · AI labelView post →they made a film about it! In the Realm of the Senses, if you fancy an eye popping, leg crossing experience.
neutral · AI labelView post →Friend texted me this morning to share that she watched this crazy movie last night (In the Realm of the Senses) and it gave me an opportunity to share passages from one of my favorite “directors share their thoughts” books. Always in awe at how transgressive Oshima was for his time
positive · AI labelView post →FILM CRITIC: Congratulations! ‘In the Realm of the Senses’ is one of the most transgressive films ever made. NAGISA ŌSHIMA: Hold my sake.
neutral · AI labelView post →The other two masterpieces from Oshima that I've seen are VIOLENCE AT NOON and CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH, both of which made a strong impact on me. IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES is good also, being his most famous and acclaimed film, but I don't think it's on the level of his best work.
neutral · AI labelView post →What lies In the Realm of the Senses (aka Ai no Corrida) (1976), asks the Celluloid Dungeon? #bdsm #film historyofbdsm.com/2024/08/in-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you have Criterion Channel they are currently showing on the 24/7 thing, a movie by Obayashi (the guy who made House) that is about the same story as In the Realm of the Senses but more Housey! A great movie to watch in the living room with your children….
neutral · AI labelView post →This week we watch the often-banned, taboo-breaking 1976 Nagisa Ōshima film, In the Realm of the Senses Nagisa Ōshima, which follows two lovers as they fall down the well of each other’s hedonistic appetites. open.spotify.com/episode/04mt...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is almost comedic although it was unintentional (I think). The first movie my girlfriend, at the time, invited me to was "In the Realm of the Senses" (Ai no Korīda), directed by Nagisa Oshima (1976). Based on the 1936 Sada Abe incident in Tokyo.
neutral · AI labelView post →An upload for rant-blog purposes. Cheers to my grandparents for letting me snatch this book from their house when I was like…eleven years old. They probably didn’t know about the screen cap from In The Realm of the Senses in the foreign film chapter, or its graphic description!
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched In the Realm of the Senses (1976) and rated it 4 stars on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/harrisonmcr/film/in-the-realm-of-the-senses/ #FilmSky 📽️ Post made with @letterboxdposter.finiteui.com
positive · AI labelView post →That reminds me of the movie In the Realm of the Senses.
neutral · AI labelView post →"This film is pure eros in the absolute best way possible." My ★★★★★ @letterboxd.social review of IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES (1976) directed by Nagisa Ōshima #Filmsky #Moviesky 🎥🎬
positive · AI labelView post →[NSFW, movie, porn] In the Realm of the Senses by Nagisa Oshima #nsfw #movie #porn
neutral · AI labelView post →[NSFW, movie, porn] In the Realm of the Senses by Nagisa Oshima #nsfw #movie #porn
neutral · AI labelView post →Adore this film. If I remember correctly it was part of the same Japanese cinema course I did at uni that also included 'In the Realm of the Senses', 'Onibaba' and 'Branded to Kill'. That class ruled.
positive · AI labelView post →Yes and there’s also one by Nobuhiko Obayashi who directed House— it’s called Sada. It’s a bit less explicit than In the Realm of the Senses but still an interesting film boxd.it/42aE
neutral · AI labelView post →Of the many 'real films with explicit sex', there is only one worth seeing (that I've seen, please tell me there's one I missed!) Nagisa Ôshima's Ai no Korîda (In the Realm of the Senses). It's the only one* doing anything interesting as a film, or with explicit sex.
positive · AI labelView post →You're not wrong, but it's a preference thing. I think EWS is fine, beautifully shot, but obtuse as fuck. To your Criterion point, I don't like In the Realm of the Senses & I've only ever known it to be a Criteron Collection film. Again, that's my preference. I don't like it, doesn't make it bad.
negative · AI labelView post →Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983, d. Oshima) From the director of In The Realm of the Senses comes this startling WW2 movie about British POW’s, including Tom Conti and David Bowie, whose existence must be justified by their captors. 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →I made this short concept EP a couple years ago. No one listens to it, but I'm proud of it: tim-ferguson.bandcamp.com/album/ai-no-... Inspired by, and sampled from, film director Nagisa Oshima's controversial 1976 "Ai No Korida" film (aka 'In the Realm of the Senses')
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Realm of the Senses That rare thing: a sexually explicit film that really does advance the characters and their relationship within, rather than just between, its explicit scenes. Still startling in its content and its beauty (with a few scenes excepted) 50 years on.
positive · AI labelView post →Using MOVIE as an acronym, recommend five films: My Own Private Idaho Oh Brother Where Art Thou Viy In the Realm of the Senses Eyes Without A Face
neutral · AI labelView post →my fucked-up movie treats of this nature would be Natural Born Killers or In the Realm of the Senses
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched In the Realm of the Senses for the first time. It was even more sexual than I expected from it's reputation. The kind of pure eroticism that is surprisingly rare in cinema. I'm too tired to try and dig into the meaning of the film right now but it was visually very beautiful.
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