Eros + Massacre
| Eros + Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Written by | Masahiro Yamada Yoshishige Yoshida |
| Produced by | Yoshishige Yoshida Shinji Soshizaki |
| Starring | Mariko Okada Toshiyuki Hosokawa Yūko Kusunoki Kazuko Ineno |
| Cinematography | Motokichi Hasegawa |
| Music by | Toshi Ichiyanagi |
Production company | Gendai Eigasha |
| Distributed by | Art Theatre Guild |
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Running time | 167 mins. (Japanese theatrical cut) 216 mins. (original cut) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Eros + Massacre (エロス＋虐殺, Erosu purasu gyakusatsu) is a 1969 Japanese experimental drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, who wrote it in cooperation with Masahiro Yamada. The film is a biography of anarchist Sakae Ōsugi, who was murdered by the Japanese military police in 1923 (see Amakasu Incident). It is the first film in a loose trilogy, followed by Heroic Purgatory (1970) and Coup d'État (1973).