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Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 15. July 13 1981

In the Realm of the Senses

In the Realm of the Senses

A film which has during its brief run in Wellington developed a somewhat grubby reputation, no doubt partly due to the publicity it has received and to the 'you know what that means' R20 Film Festivals Only certificate, this is definitely not a pornographic movie. It would be very hard to discuss an obsessive, consuming sexual relationship without considerable lashings of sex, and the plot, love it or hate it, justifies any excesses in the telling of it. The colour has a lush, Hollywood look about it, the photography is at times downright peculiar, and in general the film's Japanese setting is exotic and foreign. An interesting, if not necessarily enjoyable film.

S.D.

Photo from the film 'In the Realm of Senses

In the Realm of the Senses.