Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974
1974 1h 38m movie Film Japan

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974

極私的エロス 恋歌1974

Synopsis

極私的エロス 恋歌1974

In 1972, Miyuki tells her ex-lover Kazuo that she's going to Okinawa with their son. Kazuo decides to film her. He narrates his visits to her there: first while her flatmate is Sugako, a woman Miyuki is attracted to; then, while she works at a bar and is with Paul, an African-American soldier. Once, Kazuo brings his girlfriend, Sachiko. We see Miyuki with her son, with other bar girls, and with Sachiko. Miyuki, pregnant, returns to Tokyo and delivers a mixed-race child on her own with Kazuo and Sachiko filming. She joins a women's commune, talks about possibilities, enjoys motherhood, and is uninterested in a traditional family. Does the filmmaker have a point of view?

The 1973–1975 Japan Window

71 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 sits at position #12.

  1. Great Mazinger
    #1

    Great Mazinger

    ★ 8.1 · 1974

  2. Dersu Uzala
    #2

    Dersu Uzala

    ★ 8.0 · 1975

  3. The Last Samurai
    #3

    The Last Samurai

    ★ 7.8 · 1974

  4. Lady Snowblood
    #4

    Lady Snowblood

    ★ 7.6 · 1973

  5. Pastoral: To Die in the Country
    #5

    Pastoral: To Die in the Country

    ★ 7.6 · 1974

  6. Ikkyū-san
    #6

    Ikkyū-san

    ★ 7.5 · 1975

  7. Belladonna of Sadness
    #7

    Belladonna of Sadness

    ★ 7.4 · 1973

  8. Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
    #8

    Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

    ★ 7.4 · 1973

The 1970s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1970s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 premiered. 197 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.4
TMDB Rating
10
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,524 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Documentary productions specifically: #17 of 50 (top 34%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Shisso Production
Runtime 1h 38m
Release Date June 25, 1974
IMDb tt0233809

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