Maps of Movies

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

Where In the Realm of the Senses says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A 1976 film retelling a 1936 Tokyo case: its places are named, but not one real filming location is on record.

Scenes and places

The restaurant where the affair begins (1936)

Sada works as a maid and Ishida, the owner, starts an intense affair with her. The affair is the engine of the whole film.

Set in Yoshidaya (restaurant, Nakano) — The restaurant in Nakano where Sada works as a maid and Kichizo Ishida is the owner.

A restaurant-inn run by Ishida in 1936 Tokyo; no street address given in the cited pages.

The assignation house Mitsuwa (1936)

Ishida leaves his wife and the couple retreats from the world, deepening their mutual obsession and Sada's possessiveness.

Set in Mitsuwa (machiai assignation house) — A machiai, a traditional assignation house, where the couple shuts themselves away.

Machiai were Japanese teahouses that rented rooms for private meetings; this one is named only by the film.

The Mansaki house at Oku (1936)

Their withdrawal from the outside world becomes complete, and Sada's jealousy grows as Ishida tries harder to please her.

Set in Mansaki (machiai assignation house) — A machiai called Mansaki; the real 1936 case took place at Mansaki (written 満左喜) in Oku, Arakawa, Tokyo. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Oku was a quiet district of Arakawa ward; the coordinate is the nearby Oku Station, not the building.

Characters

• Sada Abe — A former prostitute working as a maid at a hotel, drawn into an all-consuming affair with her employer.
• Kichizo Ishida — The owner of the hotel, who leaves his wife to pursue the affair with Sada.