Question 1

Why was the film's original cut shortened for decades?

Accepted Answer

Ichiko Kamichika, a character in the film, was an active politician in the '60s who threatened to sue director Yoshishige Yoshida for privacy violation if the film was released uncut. To avoid legal issues, her name was changed to Itsuko Masaoka and scenes centered around her were cut.

Question 2

Which two time periods are interwoven in the film?

Accepted Answer

The film interweaves a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi in the 1920s with a story about two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.

Question 3

What is the first film in Yoshishige Yoshida's unofficial trilogy on Japanese radicalism?

Accepted Answer

Eros + Massacre is the first movie in Yoshishige Yoshida's unofficial trilogy on Japanese radicalism, followed by Heroic Purgatory (1970) and Coup d'Etat (1973).

Question 4

Which international film festivals featured this film?

Accepted Answer

The film was featured at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema in 2011 and the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2010.

Question 5

Who plays the dual role of Noe Ito and Mako Ito?

Accepted Answer

Mariko Okada plays the dual role of Noe Ito and Mako Ito.

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