
In the Realm of the Senses(1976)
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.


A call-girl named Yumi and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.

Noriko Hayami
Nami Tsuchiya/'Yumi'

Minori Terada
Tetsuro Muraki

Kiriko Shimizu
Ryoko Muraki

Nobutaka Masutomi
Kiyoshi Ohta
Rie Nakagawa
Masayo Ohta

Masatô Ibu
Taxi Passenger

Toshinori Omi
Assistant Director

Koichi Sato
Taxi Driver

Ryô Kinomoto
Yakuza

Daisuke Iijima
Collection Thug
Love Hotel is a drama, romance film released in 1985 exploring themes of suicide, call girl, blackmail, yakuza, trauma, sexual violence. Directed by Shinji Sōmai, it stars Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu. A call-girl named Yumi and Tetsuro, a married man with a debt to the yakuza, have a violent rendezvous in a cheap love hotel. Years later, haunted by the memory of that night, they reconnect and begin a strange love affair. Determined to finish what they started, they return to the scene of their first macabre passion.
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