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Eros + Massacre

Academy Classics • Drama, UR

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.

Cast
Mariko Okada Noe Ito
Toshiyuki Hosokawa Sakae Osugi
Yûko Kusunoki Itsuko Masaoka
Crew
Kiju Yoshida director
Masahiro Yamada writer
Shinji Soshizaki producer

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