Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tatsuya Fuji | ... | Kichizo Ishida | |
Eiko Matsuda | ... | Sada Abe | |
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Aoi Nakajima | ... | Toku |
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Yasuko Matsui | ... | Tagawa Inn Manager |
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Meika Seri | ... | Matsuko (Yoshidaya maid) |
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Kanae Kobayashi | ... | Old geisha Kikuryû |
Taiji Tonoyama | ... | Old Beggar | |
Kyôji Kokonoe | ... | Teacher Ômiya | |
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Naomi Shiraishi | ... | Geisha Yaeji |
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Shinkichi Noda | ||
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Komikichi Hori | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha |
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Kikuhei Matsunoya | ... | Hôkan jester |
Akiko Koyama | ... | Mansaki Geisha | |
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Yuriko Azuma | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha |
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Rei Minami | ... | Mitsuwa Geisha |
Based on a true story set in pre-war Japan, a man and one of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that to intensify their ardor, they forsake all, even life itself. Written by Allen Brown <browna@ohsu.edu>
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES explores sexual obsession and the extremes to which it drives the characters. I saw the uncut version,readily available at the Cleveland Public Library. It was indeed sexually graphic,reaching a point where the act seems to be driven by a kind of symbiosis that can only culminate in one way. The ending is one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen in a movie. Do not confuse
this movie with the vastly inferior IN THE REALM OF PASSION.