In The Realm Of The Senses / Empire Of The Passion Sensual Sinema #3

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IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES - Banned around the world, Oshima's extraordinary tale of sexual obsession remains equally shocking over 30 years since it's notorious release - this explicit study of love and death was so controversial in Japan that cans of film were smuggled to France to be processed. Set in 1936, Oshima's erotic masterpiece tells the story of Sada (Eiko Matsuda), a beautiful young geisha who draws the attention of the handsome Kichizo (Tatsuya Fuji), a brothel owner's arrogant, sexually prodigious husband. Oblivious to a brutal war unfolding around them, the couple's initial flirtation soon turns to all-consuming passion, a frenzied and fatal love-making rite. As the New York Times wrote: Tatsuya Fuji has a haunting gentleness and passivity as he comes to recognize his destiny: to be literally loved to death. Oshima's masterwork combines gorgeous cinematography, brilliant performances and incendiary erotic power. EMPIRE OF THE PASSIONS - The follow-up to Nagisa Oshima's notorious In The Realm of the Senses, this sublime period drama also stars the brilliant Tatsuya Fuji as an ex-soldier and adulterer whose ardent affair with the wife of an elderly rickshaw driver enamors the pair in mystery and murder. Despite the steamy sex scenes (though less explicit than In the Realm of the Senses) and horror shocks, the mood is mournful and tender, with Oshima blending film noir, ghost-story and detailed period imagery to make this one of his most accessible and entertaini

Details

Format: Blu Ray
Genre: Adult, Romance
Rating: R18+
Release Date: 09 03 2022
Production Year: 1978
Run Time: 207
Languages: Japanese
Rating Advice: High Level Sex Scenes| High Level Themes| High Level Violence| Sexual References
Distributor: Umbrella Entertainment
Directors: Nagisa Oshima

Actors: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima