Midnight screams A riot at the Cannes Film Festival, banned in many countries and heavily censored in its homeland, Nagisa Oshima's brutal tale of sexual possession has taken its place in the pantheon of world cinema classics. "Love Corridor is based on the infamous 1936 criminal case in which a maid killed and castrated her employer after days of sexual games. The film draws the viewer into their world: you can almost smell the room where the lovers isolate themselves, its carpets soaked in sake, sweat, semen, urine and, finally, blood. N-18 The film is in Japanese with Lithuanian and English subtitles. In Japanese with Lithuanian and English subtitles.