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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

★ 6.6 · 723 ratings on TMDB

Never before had a man and a woman loved each other so intensely.

In the Realm of the Senses poster★ 6.6

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.

DirectorNagisa Ōshima
CastAoi Nakajima, Eiko Matsuda, Kanae Kobayashi, Kyōji Kokonoe, Meika Seri, Naomi Shiraishi
GenresDrama, Romance
The emergence reading

In the Realm of the Senses keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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