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avg. user rating (1-10): 8.5
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105 minutes
France/Japan (1976)
18
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AI NO CORRIDA FILM REVIEW |
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Based on a true story from pre-war Japan, this is an intense, controversial and erotic film long banned by the BBFC
This intense tale of sexual obsession was supressed by the British censor for nearly 15 years. It was finally passed by the BBFC, uncut, in 1991. Despite its extremes, Ai No Corrida (aka In The Realm Of The Senses) isn't exploitation cinema, rather it's a rarified, hardcore slice of arthouse (or arty porn) that is about the obsessive eroticism as escapism.
It's Japan, 1936 - a time when the military dominated the nation, with a repressive regime. Bourgeois Kichi (Eiko Matsuda) begins an affair with a prostitute, Sada (Tatsuya Fuji). The two spend more and more time with each other, their passion for one another resulting in marathon sessions of experimental sex and erotic exploration. Reason gets left behind as the pair become more and more dangerously focused on their bodies and senses.
There are vague references to the outside world but essentially, this is two people in a room, fucking, sucking and cutting. It's explicit, but the sexual activity is so persistent, so repetitive and, ultimately, so extreme that the result is disturbing rather than titillating.
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