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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about In the Realm of the Senses |
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Like "Equus," this bracing and explicit film about erotic passion -- or madness -- by writer-director Nagisa Oshima (perhaps better known in the West for his later "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"), was inspired by a true event. Not long before the Second World War, a dazed woman was found wandering the streets with her lover's genitals in her hands. Oshima concocted this story of a man and his female servant's mutual obsession to explain that hideous result. Though highly memorable, the film is not particularly romantic (or subtle); in the U.S., it would qualify as pornography. But it is a highly original piece of work.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of In the Realm of the Senses |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
How much story is philosophy rather than plot?
- 1 (None)
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Full Frontal
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- use of artificial tools
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- seeing full frontal--women
- seeing full frontal--men
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
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