In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no korida) (NC-17)

synopsis

n 1936, in the midst of rising Japanese militarism, a former prostitute, Sada, goes to work as a maid in a brothel. The house's handsome owner, Kichizo, soon begins to court her, and Sada eagerly returns his attentions. Their subsequent affair grows more and more intense until their sexual obsession threatens to destroy them both.