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Eros + Massacre

Original title: Erosu purasu gyakusatsu
1969 · 2 h 45 min
Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida
BiographyDrama

Cast

Mariko Okada Toshiyuki Hosokawa Yûko Kusunoki Etsushi Takahashi Masako Yagi Taiko Shinbashi

Plot

Two timelines, one in the 1960s with students and one in the 1920s with the anarchist Sakae Osugi and his lovers, are interwoven in a long, challenging, modernist film about free love and politics.

Sinekatalog’s take

A demanding, striking and influential New Wave work.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (2,484 votes)
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