Nagisa.Oshima.In.The.Realm.of.The.Senses.1976.DVDR.DVD9.CRiTERiON.nfo
Ai No Corrida (1976)
AKAs:
In the Realm of the Senses (English title)
Empire of the Senses
The Realm of the Senses
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074102/
Criterion #466
DVD Release Date: 28 Apr 2009
http://www.criterion.com/films/1287
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Description: 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.
Nagisa Oshima on
In the Realm of the Senses
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1109
Format: NTSC
DVD: 7.66 - Exact Untouched Copy
Time: 108 minutes
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Sound: Japanese
Subtitles: English
DISC FEATURES:
# New, restored high-definition digital transfer (with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition).
# 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 an essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1108
DVD Studio: Criterion
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