Japan Synopsis
エロス＋虐殺
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 on two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Eros + Massacre. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Gendai Eigasha
The 1968–1970 Japan Window
Among 65 Japan films we catalog from this window, Eros + Massacre places #4 — near the top of its class.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Eros + Massacre premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Japan films in 1969.
The 308th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
42 audience reviews — more than 60% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (60th percentile) outruns trending popularity (43th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Eros + Massacre, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- camera · 5
- games · 5
- anarchist · 3
- feminist · 2
- relationship · 23
- fire · 15
- society · 14
- revolution · 14
- earthquake · 14
- philosophy · 11
- obsession · 10
- japan · 454
- love · 123
- politics · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,106 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (76th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #474 of 1,933 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Gendai Eigasha, Bungakuza |
| Runtime | 3h 36m |
| Release Date | March 13, 1969 |
| IMDb | tt0064296 |