Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Woman Called Sada Abe, A (1975) Rating: Starring: Hideaki Ezumi, Junko Miyashita Director: Noboru Tanaka Category: Foreign, Drama Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 77 mins     Go Beyond The Realm Of The Senses. The young and beautiful Sada Abe (Junko Miyashita), the daughter of a rich merchant, is banished for losing her virginity after being raped by a college student. Sada wanders the city, becoming a geisha and eventually meeting Kichizo (Hideaki Ezumi), a posh restaurateur who falls under her spell.Together, they embark on a week-long sexual escapade filled with dangerous obsessions.Their descent into complete absorption into each other's desires culminates in a shocking crime of passion which captures the city's headlines. Based on a real event form 1936, A Woman Called Sada Abe (Jitsuroku: Abe Sada, literally "The True Story of Abe Sada") is a compelling adult drama from Japan's famed Nikkatsu Studios and director Noboru Tanaka (Walker In The Attic, 1976).Made a year before director Nagisa Oshima's better-known but sexually explicit international version of the same story, In The Realm Of The Senses (Ai No Corrida, 1976), A Woman Called Sada Abe follows the story beyond its traditional climax and shows the aftermath of Sada's obsession.