my nigga totoro
25Apr12
yes, Oshima is such an uninspired director; give me a break.
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Vanessa Schaefer
14May12
Senses has gained such widespread status that people forget to call this film what it is--hard core porn, albeit the most masterfully directed hard core porn ever. This film lacks the political, social, and historical context that it needs to make all the sexual perversion anything but gratuitous.
Francisco R.
13May12
A brave, focused and fully realized work of art. I believe Oshima crosses the right boundaries to treat the difficult subject of sexual obsession in proper light, seduced in part -and as always with his work- to "defile" the japanese film tradition and also to share insights on sex as both a filmic narrative device and, when taken to its limit, as a potentially degenerative element of our mind, body and soul.
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orsonmotherfuckerwelles
21Dec11
the most interesting thing in this film is its story and its study of japanese repressed society. but all the rest is just not inspired, specially the direction.
Aimee
14Dec11
is it weird that i actually got tired of the amount of sex in this film? Also, I got no sense of the 'escalating imperialism and governmental control' #moviesaboutfucking
Michael S. Templin
5Dec11
Haunting performances, gorgeous composition. Walks a thin line between surrealist pornography and a story of perversion. (IV/V)
Daniela
20Oct11
Considering that 99.999% of the screen time is taken up by the actors having sex, the storyline seems to be lacking . . . Also, makes The Antichrist look like a Disney movie.
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Matthew_Lucas
11Sep11
A searing portrait of sexual obsession set as Japan descends into imperialism, Nagisa Oshima's IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES is a shocking and sordid, yet strangely tender tale of unconventional love that slowly becomes dangerous. Based on a true story, the film remains banned in its home country of Japan for its fearless depictions of sexuality.
patricia suncircle
8Aug11
'In the Realm of the Senses' is a brilliant movie. More of a study of passion than a turn-on. Oshima's later movie 'Taboo' is excellent and very beautiful.
Christofer Pierson
20Jul11
I'm surprised so many commenters here are turned off by the sex. Not to say it was a turn on, but in the context of the film, it was quite believably passionate.
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Raymond Sabio
13Jun11
it's tough to watch... the characters were so detached you hardly feel for any of them. And the sex scenes were rough, not sure why this becomes a classic ?
Steve
28May11
Like most pornography, lots of sex scenes amidst a very poorly told story. At least porn knows what it is, this film is just a waste of time.
Daniela likes this
film_lies101
26Mar11
Personally I would have liked less conventional sex and more weird, fucked up things. I'm just saying...
Lauren likes this
soiwaswrong
10Jan11
What an expereince!!! I really can't get over it... It's one of the few best love stories ever told. It's truthfull and intense!!
AntioneOscar69
4Jan11
an intensely, explicitly, sexual film, but also a haunting and vivid portrayal of obsession, nonconformity, voyeurism, and aimlessness
soiwaswrong
2Jan11
GOD!!!!!! After being stuck on my DVD case for like 4 months I finally watched it on private!! Very very good film! Highly recommended for people who are not perverts... hahahaha...
Viktor Pedersen
18Dec10
An extremely intense portrait of a love affair. Structured entirely around scenes with sex. Truthfull and painful. From halfway through, every scene gets more and more intense, and for me almost ubeareable so. It almost made me throw up.
StellaWasaDiver
3Nov10
I found little more to this Criterion pick than a porno, and not a very good one, at that.
Cashew
13Oct10
It wasn't terrible but I was disappointed. I did not get Tatsuya Fuji's performance. He's just so...bored and not engaged for the entire film. Did I miss something? Is there anything interesting about his character?
Hali.M
6Oct10
This movie did two things for me that no film has done before. It put me to sleep and it put me off sex for a while. I found it neither pornographic nor artistic. I had really high hopes for this one. It was good at telling a story of all consuming obsession with social commentary, but I found that passion very hard to believe. They had a sexual relationship, I just wish I had seen something more. Maybe I'm dense.
