Rent Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism (1973)
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10h 7min
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- Synopsis:
The work of Kiju Yoshida is one of Japanese cinema's obscure pleasures. A contemporary of Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses) and Masahiro Shinoda (Pale Flower, Assassination), Yoshida started out as an assistant to Keisuke Kinoshita before making his directorial debut at age 27. In the decades that followed he produced more than 20 features and documentaries, yet each and every one has proven difficult to see in the English-speaking world. This collection brings together three works from the late sixties and early seventies, a loose trilogy united by their radical politics and an even more radical shooting style. 'Eros + Massacre', presented here in both its 169-minute theatrical version and the full-length 220-minute director's cut, tells the parallel stories of early 20th-century anarchist (and free love advocate) Sakae Osugi and a pair of student activists. Their stories interact and intertwine, resulting in a complex, rewarding work that is arguably Yoshida s masterpiece. 'Heroic Purgatory' pushes the dazzling cinematic language of 'Eros + Massacre' even further, presenting a bleak but dreamlike investigation into the political discourses taking place in early seventies Japan. 'Coup d'état' returns to the past for a biopic of Ikki Kita, the right-wing extremist who sought to overthrow the government in 1936. Yoshida considered the film to be the culmination of his work, promptly retiring from feature filmmaking following its completion. - Actors:
- Mariko Okada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Yûko Kusunoki, Kazuko Inano, Etsushi Takahashi, Daijirô Harada, Toshiko Ii, Yoshihide Gotô, Toshiko Inoue, Kikuo Kaneuchi, Kyûzô Kawabe, Katsuya Kobayashi, Kazuko Kui, Kinji Matsueda, Kazunori Miyazaki, Atsuko Murata, Fumiaki Sakabe, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Taiko Shinbashi, Takehiko Takagi
- Directors:
- Yoshishige Yoshida
- Producers:
- Shinji Soshizaki, Yoshishige Yoshida, Sei Okamura, Mariko Okada
- Writers:
- Masahiro Yamada, Yoshishige Yoshida, Minoru Betsuyaku
- Aka:
- Erosu purasu gyakusatsu / Rengoku eroica / Kaigenrei
- Studio:
- Arrow Academy
- Genres:
- Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
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- Release Date:
- 09/11/2015
- Run Time:
- 607 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0, Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- NTSC
- Aspect Ratio:
- Mixed
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Yoshida.. .or: The Explosion of the Story- a 30-minute documentary on 'Eros + Massacre' with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet
- Introductions to 'Heroic Purgatory' and 'Coup d'etat' by Yoshida
- Newly-filmed discussions of 'Eros + Massacre', 'Heroic Purgatory' and 'Coup d'etat' by David Desser, author of' Eros + Massacre': An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release
- Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films
- 'Heroic Purgatory' Theatrical Trailer
- 'Coup d'etat' Theatncal Trailer
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the following:
- Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut
- Introduction by David Desser
- Commentaries by David Desser - Disc 2:
- This disc includes the following:
- Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Version
- Yoshida.. Or: The Explosion of The Story
- Introduction by David Desser
- Commentaries by David Desser
- Theatrical Trailer - Disc 3:
- This disc includes the following:
- Heroic Purgatory
- Coup D'Etat
