Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Vidiots, Los Angeles
**Screenwriter**: Nagisa Ôshima **Producer**: Anatole Dauman This utterly shocking and sensual cinema experience from the boundary-pushing Nagisa Ôshima is one of the most profound and explicit depictions of obsession in the history of cinema. Based on one of Japan’s most outrageous true crimes, the story of Sada Abe, an early-twentieth century geisha who murdered and dismembered her lover, *In The Realm of the Senses* is a disquieting blend of pornography, art-film, and horror. In this overtly sexual, and masterfully chilling precursor to the erotic thriller (as well as Takashi Miike’s *Audition*), two lovers engage in an all-consuming yet devastating love affair that overwhelms their synapses with sex, violence, and obsession. Still censored in its own country, and rarely screened in this one, you won’t want to miss this singular psychosexual thriller – you just might not want to see it on a first date! **Accessibility Options**: Open Captions, Amplified Audio, please see the box office for devices.