In the Realm of the Senses
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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.
Special Features
- Restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete, uncensored version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary from 2009 featuring film critic Tony Rayns
- Interview from 2009 with actor Tatsuya Fuji
- A 1976 interview with director Nagisa Oshima and actors Fuji and Eiko Matsuda, and a 2003 program featuring interviews with consulting producer Hayao Shibata, line producer Koji Wakamatsu, assistant director Yoichi Sai, and film distributor Yoko Asakura
- Deleted footage and U.S. trailer
- PLUS: An essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and, for the Blu-ray edition, a reprinted interview with Oshima
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse
Special Features
- Restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete, uncensored version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Audio commentary from 2009 featuring film critic Tony Rayns
- Interview from 2009 with actor Tatsuya Fuji
- A 1976 interview with director Nagisa Oshima and actors Fuji and Eiko Matsuda, and a 2003 program featuring interviews with consulting producer Hayao Shibata, line producer Koji Wakamatsu, assistant director Yoichi Sai, and film distributor Yoko Asakura
- Deleted footage and U.S. trailer
- PLUS: An essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and, for the Blu-ray edition, a reprinted interview with Oshima
New cover by Neil Kellerhouse
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Cast
- Eiko Matsuda
- Sada Abe
- Tatsuya Fuji
- Kichizo
- Aoi Nakajima
- Toku
- Yasuko Matsui
- Inn manager
- Meika Seri
- Yoshidaya maid
- Kanae Kobayashi
- Old maid
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Old beggar
- Kyôji Kokonoe
- Patron
Credits
- Director
- Nagisa Oshima
- Producer
- Anatole Dauman
- Screenplay
- Nagisa Oshima
- Line producer
- Koji Wakamatsu
- Consulting producer
- Hayao Shibata
- Cinematography
- Hideo Ito
- Lighting
- Kenichi Okamoto
- Production design
- Jusho Toda
- Music
- Minoru Miki
- Editing
- Keiichi Uraoka
- Editing
- Patrick Sauvion
- Sound
- Tetsuo Yasuda
- Costumes
- Jusho Toda
- Costumes
- Masahiro Kato
- Makeup
- Koji Takemura
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