At the cinema for the 50th anniversary in the restored version The sense empire (Ai no korīda) of Nagisa Ōshima distributed by CG Entertainment in collaboration with Cat People. You can now consult the list of the first rooms that have confirmed the programming of the integral version restored from Monday 9 November: www.catpeople.it/ empire-of-sensi-cinema/ The list is constantly updated.
Pillar of the Japanese New Wave, The empire of the senses is a story of radical and obsessive love that still argues for its representation of sexuality and that preserves an extraordinary ability to provoke the public. Based on actual facts, the film combines melodrama and eroticism, setting out the extreme consequences of a passion without limits.
Anything you want. Tokyo, 1936. The overwhelming passion between Sada, former geisha, and Kichizo, the owner of the inn in which he works, turns into a totalizing and obsessive erotic relationship. More and more isolated from the outside world, the two lovers push the search for pleasure beyond every social and moral limit, inextricably woven desire and torment, possession and death.
L’impero dei sensi di Nagisa Ōshima: il film e il restauro
The Sensi empire was restored in 4K at the initiative of Argos Films with the support of the CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (France). The uncensored version of the film is still unavailable in Japan.
The festivals to which it was presented and the awards won: Cannes Film Festival 1976, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs – Locarno International Film Festival 1976 – BFI London Film Festival 1976, Sutherland Trophy – Chicago International Film Festival 1976, Special Jury Prize – New York Film Festival 1976
Argos Films presents: The sense empire (Ai no korīda) Written and directed by: Nagisa Ōshima Con: Mariko Abe, Naomi Shiraishi, Shinkichi Noda, Komikichi Hori, Kikuhei Matsunoya, Akiko Koyama, Tomi Misubishi Musiche: Minoru Miki Photography: Hideo Itô Luci: Kenichi Okamoto Jusho Toda Manufactured by: Anatole Dauman Production Oshima Productions (Tokyo) and Argos Films (Paris) Production Management:Shibata Organisation Production Director: Shigeru Wakatsuki Restored in 4K at the initiative of Argos Films with the support of the CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (France).
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