Empire of the Senses (1976)
(Ai No Corrida)
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 105m
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda
Synopsis:
The love affair between a geisha and her client builds in intensity until the only high left is for her to strangle him in the throes of passion.
Review:
Erotic classic, based on a fait divers, strikingly designed and staged in a succession of colourful vignettes. It became known as a Japanese Last Tango (but is anything but ponderous and self-pitying) and for years was not shown in the UK on account of its shots of male and female pudenda.
(Ai No Corrida)
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 105m
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda
Synopsis:
The love affair between a geisha and her client builds in intensity until the only high left is for her to strangle him in the throes of passion.
Review:
Erotic classic, based on a fait divers, strikingly designed and staged in a succession of colourful vignettes. It became known as a Japanese Last Tango (but is anything but ponderous and self-pitying) and for years was not shown in the UK on account of its shots of male and female pudenda.
(Ai No Corrida)
Country: JAP
Technical: Eastmancolor 105m
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda
Synopsis:
The love affair between a geisha and her client builds in intensity until the only high left is for her to strangle him in the throes of passion.
Review:
Erotic classic, based on a fait divers, strikingly designed and staged in a succession of colourful vignettes. It became known as a Japanese Last Tango (but is anything but ponderous and self-pitying) and for years was not shown in the UK on account of its shots of male and female pudenda.