Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Oshima, best known for his sexually explicit film, In The Realm of the Senses, has died at the age of 80.

BBC: In the Realm of the Senses director Nagisa Oshima dies at 80

In The Realm of the Senses, a film based on a true story of obsession in 1930s Japan, was incredibly explicit for the time, with the two protagonists engaging in increasingly intense, graphic and bizarre sexual practices.

BBC: In the Realm of the Senses director Nagisa Oshima dies at 80