Eros + Massacre
7.4
Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
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Cast
22 people
Mariko Okada
Noe Ito / Mako Ito
Known for
An Autumn Afternoon
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Toshiyuki Hosokawa
Sakae Osugi
Known for
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
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Yūko Kusunoki
Itsuko Masaoka
Known for
Dodes'ka-den
Intentions of Murder
Etsushi Takahashi
Jun Tsuji
Known for
Kill!
Masako Yagi
Yasuko Hori
Also in
Pleasures of the Flesh
Muddy River
Taiko Shinbashi
Chiyoko
Also in
Sharaku
Oh Seagull, Have You Seen the Sparkling Ocean? An Encounter
Kazuko Inano
Akiko Hiraga
Also in
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
The Curse of the Ghost
Kinji Matsueda
Toshihiko Sakai
Also in
Sanshiro Sugata
Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
Takehiko Takagi
Hiroshi Okumura
No other roles listed
Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Araya Kimura
Known for
Record of Lodoss War
A Letter to Momo
Toshiko Ii
Eiko Sokutai
Also in
Hurry on a Sail to Dream
Midori Tamai
Megumi Taroi
Also in
Chi-n-pi-ra
Yoshishige Yoshida Director · Masahiro Yamada Writer Toshi Ichiyanagi Composer
First release March 13, 1969 · Produced in Japan · Production Bungakuza
Production
Gendai Eigasha
Production
Bungakuza
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
エロス＋虐殺
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · March 13, 1969
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
March 25, 2007 · Theatrical
France
October 15, 1969 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 31, 2010 · Theatrical
Russia
November 8, 2016 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Yoshishige Yoshida (Moscow)
Taiwan
June 4, 2015 · Premiere · Kaohsiung Film Archive
January 3, 2026 · Premiere · Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute
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