In the Realm of the Senses
“Never before had a man and a woman loved each other so intensely.”
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
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Cast
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Eiko Matsuda
Sada Abe
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Erotic Diary of an Office Lady
Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War
Yasuko Matsui
Tagawa Inn Manager
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Profound Desires of the Gods
Meika Seri
Matsuko (Yoshidaya Maid)
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Graveyard of Honor
Kanae Kobayashi
Old Geisha Kikuryû
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Miss Oyu
New Tale of Zatoichi
Taiji Tonoyama
Old Beggar
Known for
Onibaba
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Kyōji Kokonoe
Teacher Ômiya
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Hentai
Ecstasy of Wickedness
Naomi Shiraishi
Geisha Yaeji
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Irezumi
Shinkichi Noda
Street Restaurant Owner
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Komikichi Hori
Mitsuwa Geisha
No other roles listed
Kikuhei Matsunoya
Hôkan Jester
No other roles listed
Nagisa Ōshima Director · Minoru Miki Composer Hideo Itō Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $7.6M · United States release April 1, 1977 · Produced in Japan, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$7,650,000
Production
Argos films
Production
Oshima Productions
Production
Shibata Organisation
Production
Japan · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
愛のコリーダ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
France · May 15, 1976
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Japan · October 16, 1976
Theatrical
United States · April 1, 1977
Theatrical
United States · July 28, 1998
Physical · VHS & DVD
United States
October 1, 1976 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
November 15, 1976 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
April 25, 2000 · Physical · DVD
April 28, 2009 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
Argentina
September 5, 1985 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 3, 1980 · Theatrical
Canada
August 28, 1977 · Premiere · World Film Festival, Montreal
Colombia
August 6, 1980 · Theatrical
Czechia
January 22, 1999 · Limited theatrical · Projekt 100
Denmark
September 15, 1976 · Theatrical
Finland
October 23, 1992 · Theatrical
July 28, 2017 · Theatrical
France
September 15, 1976 · Theatrical · Visa CNC 45554
July 14, 1993 · Theatrical · Re-release
February 20, 1995 · TV · ARTE
Germany
January 27, 1978 · Theatrical · West Germany
June 11, 2026 · Theatrical · Re-release
Greece
January 26, 1978 · Theatrical
November 11, 1994 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival, November 11-20
Hungary
August 1, 1988 · Theatrical
Italy
March 30, 1979 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 28, 1985 · Theatrical
Peru
February 20, 1981 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 1, 1977 · Theatrical
Poland
June 5, 1992 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 29, 1976 · Theatrical
October 29, 1978 · Premiere · Porto, Cineclube do Norte
Russia
March 2, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of producer Anatole Dauman (Moscow)
South Korea
April 1, 2000 · Theatrical
March 26, 2015 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 11, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
Spain
May 30, 1980 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
May 30, 1980 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 8, 1976 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 13, 1976 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Taiwan
October 30, 2020 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 27, 1989 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 3, 1991 · Theatrical · Re-releae
October 13, 2000 · Physical · VHS
November 7, 2001 · Physical · DVD
August 17, 2011 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
January 3, 2022 · Physical · The Criterion Collection Blu-ray
Uruguay
August 5, 1985 · Theatrical
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