"In the Realm of the Senses"
1976
Directed by Nagasi Oshima

A scandal when it was seized by the New York customs and refused entry into the United States, and the sensation of the New York Film Festival, In the Realm of the Senses is, in the words of the Los Angeles Times, "probably the most thoughtful work of and on eroticism ever created." Explicit in its depiction of sex, and a film about the literally consuming passions of two people, the film is most infamous for its final castration sequence. Japanese with English subtitles, Color.  104 minutes.