Eros + Massacre
1969 · Movie · 216 min · ★ 7.3 · 74% critics
This sprawling drama weaves together two timelines: one follows a radical thinker in the early 20th century and his complicated relationships, while the other tracks two students in the 1960s investigating his ideas. As past and present overlap, questions about freedom, love, and rebellion grow increasingly tangled.
Also known as Eros Plus Massacre
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Details
- Original title
- エロス＋虐殺
- Years
- 1969
- Release date
- 1969-03-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 216 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (49 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy challenging, unconventional period dramas with dreamlike shifts between past and present, or if titles like Love Exposure interest you; Not for you if you want a clear, brisk, easy-to-follow story.
Pros: striking black-and-white visuals; ambitious structure; haunting atmosphere | Cons: very long runtime; often confusing; emotionally distant
Themes
- japan
- fire
- politics
- society
- philosophy
- obsession
- revolution
- camera
- earthquake
- anarchist
- love
- feminist
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Mariko Okada
as Noe Ito / Mako Ito
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
as Sakae Osugi
Yūko Kusunoki
as Itsuko Masaoka
Etsushi Takahashi
as Jun Tsuji
Masako Yagi
as Yasuko Hori
- TS
Taiko Shinbashi
as Chiyoko
Kazuko Inano
as Akiko Hiraga
- KM
Kinji Matsueda
as Toshihiko Sakai
- TT
Takehiko Takagi
as Hiroshi Okumura
Yoshisada Sakaguchi
as Araya Kimura
Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida