Region 4 Winners and Losers

It appears to be quite difficult to find an easily available edition of this film which has an anamorphic transfer. Nearly every edition also lacks the inclusion of decent extras. I will highlight just a couple of examples.

An American, region free version released by Fox Lorber in May 2000 has no extras and no subtitles. The only audio track available on this disc is a dubbed English track. Another region free version of the film released in the US, has the English subtitles, but again, no extras.

A R2 edition of In The Realms Of The Senses released by Nouveaux Pictures in 2001 has the addition of some minor extras including, a ten image photo gallery and the director's filmography.

There are a confusing number of versions of this film available on DVD worldwide. It's unclear as to the level of censorship (if any) in each of these editions. Naturally, this will vary from edition to edition and country to country, so some research is essential before you make a purchase.

Footnote: There was a previous R4 release of In The Realm Of The Senses, which is now unavailable. This edition was released by Madman Entertainment in August 2001and was marketed as "The director's original, complete and uncut version". This version and the Umbrella release both have the same running time, although the Madman edition has the "children playing" scene without any modification.