Eros + Massacre (1969) poster
1969 · drama

Eros + Massacre

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida3h 36m1969
ElsewhereIMDb7.42kTMDB7.250
  • heavy
  • slow-burn
  • intense
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • signature
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Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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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.

Our read · Eros + Massacre (1969) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a challenging experimental film exploring politics, desire and history.

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DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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