Declaring yourself bored by a movie full of explicit sex may sometimes mark you out as a dreary pseudo-sophisticate, but in this case it's fair enough.

Ai No Corrida is an undeniably powerful, stylish and impressive piece of work.

Unsanitised, worryingly convincing in its sadomasochistic detail, this is seriously provocative cinema, a telling reminder of what it really means to be dangerous.

In the Realm of the Senses is an enthralling, taboo-breaking classic.