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In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

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In this true story of insatiable erotic desire,In the Realm of the Sensesdirector Nagisa Oshima created one of the most controversial films of all time. The film also contains many gruesome scenes which were, luckily, re-enactments though all the physical intimacy depicted was 100% real.

In an article written shortly after Oshima’s 2013 death, Dana Stevens of Slate wrote: “In the Realm of the Senses is a film like no other, a magical fusion of art and pornography that somehow renders debates about the distinction between those two categories boringly beside the point.”