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The work of Kiju Yoshida is one of Japanese cinema's obscure pleasures. A contemporary of Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses) and Masahiro Shinoda (Pale Flower, Assassination), Yoshida started out as an assistant to Keisuke Kinoshita before making his directorial debut at age 27. In the decades that followed he produced more than 20 features and documentaries, yet each and every one has proven difficult to see in the English-speaking world. This collection brings together three works from the late sixties and early seventies, a loose trilogy united by their radical politics and an even more radical shooting style. Eros + Massacre, presented here in both its 169-minute theatrical version and the full-length 220-minute director's cut, 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. Heroic Purgatory pushes the dazzling cinematic language of Eros + Massacre even further, presenting a bleak but dreamlike investigation into the political discourses taking place in early seventies Japan. Coup d'état returns to the past for a biopic of Ikki Kita, the right-wing extremist who sought to overthrow the government in 1936. Yoshida considered the film to be the culmination of his work, promptly retiring from feature filmmaking following its completion.

Bonus Materials

• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies)
• High definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films
• Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films
• New translated English subtitles on all films
• Yoshida …or: The Explosion of the Story – a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet
• Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d’etat by Yoshida
• Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d’etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release
• Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films
• Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer
• Coup d’etat theatrical trailer
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm
• Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of
• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies)
• High definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films
• Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films
• New translated English subtitles on all films
• Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story - a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet
• Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by Yoshida
• Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release
• Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films
• Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer
• Coup d'etat theatrical trailer
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm
• Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of
• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies)
• High definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films
• Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films
• New translated English subtitles on all films
• Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story - a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet
• Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by Yoshida
• Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release
• Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films
• Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer
• Coup d'etat theatrical trailer
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm
• Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of
• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies)
• High definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films
• Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films
• New translated English subtitles on all films
• Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story - a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet
• Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by Yoshida
• Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release
• Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films
• Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer
• Coup d'etat theatrical trailer
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm
• Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of
• Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3,000 copies)
• High definition digital transfers supervised by Kiju Yoshida
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations for all films
• Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM Audio on all films
• New translated English subtitles on all films
• Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story - a 30-minute documentary on Eros + Massacre with contributions from Yoshida and film critics Mathieu Capel and Jean Douchet
• Introductions to Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by Yoshida
• Newly-filmed discussions of Eros + Massacre, Heroic Purgatory and Coup d'etat by David Desser, author of Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave, recorded exclusively for this release
• Scene-select commentaries by David Desser on all three films
• Heroic Purgatory theatrical trailer
• Coup d'etat theatrical trailer
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm
• Illustrated 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films by David Desser, Isolde Standish (author of Politics, Porn and Protest: Japanese Avant-Garde Cinema in the 1960s and 1970s) and Dick Stegewerns (author of Kiju Yoshida: 50 Years of

Press Quotes

This is a knockout package for cineastes, and not just those interested in relatively recent Japanese cinema. Arrow continues to offer really fascinating releases, and lovers of the avant-garde should be especially interested in this excellent compilation. Technical merits are generally strong and as usual with Arrow, the supplementary package is great. Highly recommended.

     —Blu-ray.com

This is a knockout package for cineastes, and not just those interested in relatively recent Japanese cinema. Arrow continues to offer really fascinating releases, and lovers of the avant-garde should be especially interested in this excellent compilation. Technical merits are generally strong and as usual with Arrow, the supplementary package is great. Highly recommended.

     —Blu-ray.com

The three films in the Love + Anarchism box set have the potential to be life-changers. Highly Recommended.

     —DVD Talk

A ball-busting trip, full of youthful anarchistic cant and literary declaration (a la Godard), and shot in Yoshida's trademark style, all inky black-and-white images of extreme angles, forever corridors, off-balance compositions, absurd perspectives, and voguing tableaux. The effect is like being trapped at an ultracool mescaline party with sexually hyperactive grad students for whom every gesture is catastrophic.

     —Village Voice

The three films in the Love + Anarchism box set have the potential to be life-changers. Highly Recommended.

     —DVD Talk

This is a knockout package for cineastes, and not just those interested in relatively recent Japanese cinema. Arrow continues to offer really fascinating releases, and lovers of the avant-garde should be especially interested in this excellent compilation. Technical merits are generally strong and as usual with Arrow, the supplementary package is great. Highly recommended.

     —Blu-ray.com

A ball-busting trip, full of youthful anarchistic cant and literary declaration (a la Godard), and shot in Yoshida's trademark style, all inky black-and-white images of extreme angles, forever corridors, off-balance compositions, absurd perspectives, and voguing tableaux. The effect is like being trapped at an ultracool mescaline party with sexually hyperactive grad students for whom every gesture is catastrophic.

     —Village Voice

The three films in the Love + Anarchism box set have the potential to be life-changers. Highly Recommended.

     —DVD Talk

This is a knockout package for cineastes, and not just those interested in relatively recent Japanese cinema. Arrow continues to offer really fascinating releases, and lovers of the avant-garde should be especially interested in this excellent compilation. Technical merits are generally strong and as usual with Arrow, the supplementary package is great. Highly recommended.

     —Blu-ray.com