Oshima Box Set (Realm of the Senses / Empire of Passion)

Film Description

A pairing of films from Japanese director Nagisa Oshima. Features The Realm of the Senses (1976) and Empire of Passion (1978).

It is a testament to director Oshima that The Realm of the Senses (Ai No Corrida) was distributed at all. An explicit study of sex and death, the subject matter was so controversial in Japan that cans of film were smuggled to France to be processed. It is fortunate that such resilience and determination surrounded the production, for this is a masterpiece that fuels the exquisite formalism of Japanese cinema with fatalistic erotic power, giving the film a universal and eternal significance.

Empire of Passion (Aka Ai No Borei) is a companion piece to The Realm of the Senses. A soldier conspires with his lover to murder her elderly husband. Three years later his ghost appears, but the threat of discovery rekindles the murderers' illicit passion. Sensual, heady, and visually rich, this won Oshima Best Director at Cannes.

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• Contemporary Film / Drama
• Contemporary Film / Period, Costume, Historical
• World Cinema / Asia
• World Cinema / Japan

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DVD Extras

• 2 discs. 'Erotic cinema in Japan' documentary
• Nagisa Oshima filmography
• Photo galleries.

Film Details

Director	Nagisa Oshima
Year	1976; 1978
Country	Asia, Japan

Cast

Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda

Technical Details

Certificate	18
Length	200 mins
Label	NOUVE
Format	DVD Colour
Region	2
Cat No	NPD1046
Main Language	Japanese with English subtitles.

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