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1 Sada Abe as a Iemale image in te movie
2 Te sexual desire oI Sada Abe
3 Te possession and control oI Kicizo by Sada Abe
4 View oI te movie
5 Sortage oI te movie
Sada Abe as a female image in the movie
Te external image oI Sada Abe as a Iemale does not cange , wit te
traditional socially acceptable clotes and long air . But Sada Abe as only Iemale
protagonist and a new image in te movie , er special place is te canging oI er
tinking as a woman .
DiIIerent Irom traditional Ieminism , te cange oI Sada Abe does not Iocus on
er external image , wic usually sould be canged like a man . Nagisa Osima
gave a special ideological wake Ior er .
irst , Sada Abe acknowledges er past . emale usually as a subsidiary oI
men , teir own past , present or Iuture seem to belong to er male also . In
patriarcal society , tere seems no question about te recognition oI Iemale by
temselves . emale is only recognized by male . But Sada Abe was given a strong
demonstration oI selI-recognition . Te maid said Sada Abe is a lustIul prostitute at
te Iirst time se came to Kicizo`s ome , Sada Abe did not cry or Ieel sad , but
insisted tat se was not prostitute . Se understood tat se was Iorced by liIe but
not lewd in eart . en er reputation was viliIied , Sada Abe neiter umbly
accepted nor asked er male Ior elp like a traditional women . Se cose to speak
out Ior erselI , and was not aIraid oI sowing er violent . Traditional women
always build teir own Ieminine image intentionally or unintentionally , and tried to
cover up teir violent . But Sada Abe picked up te kniIe , and striking to te
enemies wo slandered er .
Second , Sada Abe can make er own decision . In patriarcal society , women
can only make teir own decision in trivial matters , in many case , tey ave to obey
te men`s arrangement . In The Realm of the Senses Sada Abe eloped wit Kicizo
and build teir own 'Iamily , wic is decided by Sada Abe . Tere can be seen
tat Sada Abe is not a traditional virtuous woman wic usually tink sould not as
er own tinking . Sada Abe as er own tinking , own discretion and er
discretion is even more tan men , wic represented by Kicizo in te movie .
Tird , Sada Abe is te ead oI te Iamily , se ave to bear te responsibility oI
Iamily income . Sada Abe used to be te maid at Kicizo Iamily , tat is because se
ave to repay er usband`s bill , in tis case se is te source oI er Iamily income ;
but even eloped wit Kicizo , Sada Abe still serves as a source oI Iamily income , in
order to maintain teir lives , Sada Abe still needs to go out Ior work , but not
Kicizo .
Tese tree points wic summary above ave already illustrated te new
Iemale image oI Sada Abe wo as er own selI-consciousness , discretion and
economic independence .
The sexual desire of Sada Abe
No matter in te west nor te east , people are sy to tell about sex in Iront oI
oters , not only in Iront oI public but our close Iriends and Iamilies . Te interested
oI sex will always bring oter strange eyes . Men will sometime tell about sex as a
joke privately , sometime will also sow teir desire oI sex . But tis does not mean
Iemale can . emale sould not ave sex desire , iI not , se will be slut in people`s
eyes . In Te Realm oI te Senses , Sade Abe was called 'LustIul prostitute as se
as great sex desire .
But sex as a basic need oI uman being , Sexual desire is bot innate and
insatiable
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, wy we will sy to talk about it ? y men can talk about sex in some
cases but Iemale can`t or even not allow ?
In patriarcal society , Iemale as been portrayed as a oly image . In bot te
est and te East , sex as been regarded as a symbol oI desire wic is Iilty . In
patriarcal society , Iemale sould be oly , tereIore tey sould not be contaminated
wit Iilt . In addition , in patriarcal society Iemale is not only a oly image , but