- Starring: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri
- Director: Nagisa Oshima
- Screenwriter: Nagisa Oshima
- Studio: Criterion Collection
- Rating: Unrated
- Running Time: 1 hr. 48 mins.
- Release Date: April 28, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
Still censored in its own country, In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida), by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of all time. A graphic portrayal of insatiable sexual desire, Oshima's film, set in 1936 and based on a true incident, depicts a man and a woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) consumed by a transcendent, destructive love while 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.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
· New, restored high-definition digital transfer
· New audio commentary with film scholar Tony Rayns
· New interview 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
· U.S. trailer
· New and improved English subtitle translation
· PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima
· New audio commentary with film scholar Tony Rayns
· New interview 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
· U.S. trailer
· New and improved English subtitle translation
· PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima
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