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Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, In the Realm of the Senses.
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1977 · Drama / Romance
In the Realm of the Senses
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
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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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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@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-03 20:00 UTC
In the Realm of the Senses confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-16 18:00 UTC
Watched In the Realm of the Senses so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-07 23:00 UTC
Even the popcorn looked bored during In the Realm of the Senses.
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r/movies · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.2k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in In the Realm of the Senses?
Honestly, In the Realm of the Senses would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/movies · u/CinephileCynic🔥 3.7k points
Hot Take: In the Realm of the Senses's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Look, I wanted to love In the Realm of the Senses. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ExpositionDump🔥 1.0k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in In the Realm of the Senses actually is?
Everyone praising the In the Realm of the Senses performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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