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Heroic Purgatory AKA Rengoku eroica (Blu-ray) (1970)
An engineer's wife returns home with a lost teenager. A man posing as her dad tries to get her back, causing the engineer to recall his youth as a revolutionary, obscured by dreamlike disruptions of time and space, fantasy and reality.Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Taisho’ (6:50)
- ‘Politics’ (5:26)
- ‘Free Love’ (4:59)
- ‘Confrontations’ (6:39)
- ‘Earthquake’ (11:24)
- ‘Walking’ (5:27)
- ‘Directions’ (7:39)
- ‘Ending’ (8:46)
"Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story" documentary (30:10)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" by David Desser (11:21)
Theatrical Trailer (3:30)
DISC TWO (Blu-ray)
* "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Rugby’ (2:01)
- ‘A Doll’s House’ (3:11)
- ‘Sister’ (2:56)
- ‘Godardian Absurdity’ (9:32)
- ‘Knife’ (3:18)
- ‘Caught’ (9:30)
- ‘Bluestocking’ (4:09)
- ‘Sleep’ (2:43)
- ‘Knifing’ (14:19)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" by David Desser (9:08)
DISC THREE (Blu-ray)
* "Heroic Purgatory" (1970)
* "Coup D'Etat" (1973)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser for "Heroic Purgatory"
- ‘Opening’ (3:04)
- ‘Death?’ (1:58)
- ‘Conflation’ (10:54)
- ‘Molestation’ (2:51)
- ‘Blackmail’ (2:20)
- ‘Ritsuko’ (5:25)
- ‘Tension’ (3:45)
- ‘Trial’ (4:30)
- ‘1980’ (8:19)
- ‘Interviewers’ (4:08)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser for "Coup D'Etat"
- ‘Chanting’ (9:24)
- ‘Slogans’ (2:22)
- ‘Plans’ (3:20)
- ‘Crying’ (1:26)
- ‘Razor’ (5:15)
- ‘Coup’ (4:54)
- ‘Arrest’ (9:15)
Introduction to "Heroic Pergatory" by Kiju Yoshida (6:08)
Introduction to "Heroic Purgatory" by David Desser (9:14)
Introduction to "Coup D'Etat" by Kiju Yoshida (5:22)
Introduction to "Coup D'Etat" by David Desser (8:51)
"Heroic Purgatory" Theatrical Trailer (3:04)
"Coup D'Etat" Theatrical Trailer (2:58)
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Limited to 3000 copies with 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 Avant-Garde Filmmaking in Post-War Japan). -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Taisho’ (6:50)
- ‘Politics’ (5:26)
- ‘Free Love’ (4:59)
- ‘Confrontations’ (6:39)
- ‘Earthquake’ (11:24)
- ‘Walking’ (5:27)
- ‘Directions’ (7:39)
- ‘Ending’ (8:46)
"Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story" documentary (30:10)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" by David Desser (11:21)
Theatrical Trailer (3:30)
DISC TWO (Blu-ray)
* "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Rugby’ (2:01)
- ‘A Doll’s House’ (3:11)
- ‘Sister’ (2:56)
- ‘Godardian Absurdity’ (9:32)
- ‘Knife’ (3:18)
- ‘Caught’ (9:30)
- ‘Bluestocking’ (4:09)
- ‘Sleep’ (2:43)
- ‘Knifing’ (14:19)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" by David Desser (9:08)
DISC THREE (Blu-ray)
* "Heroic Purgatory" (1970)
* "Coup D'Etat" (1973)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser for "Heroic Purgatory"
- ‘Opening’ (3:04)
- ‘Death?’ (1:58)
- ‘Conflation’ (10:54)
- ‘Molestation’ (2:51)
- ‘Blackmail’ (2:20)
- ‘Ritsuko’ (5:25)
- ‘Tension’ (3:45)
- ‘Trial’ (4:30)
- ‘1980’ (8:19)
- ‘Interviewers’ (4:08)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser for "Coup D'Etat"
- ‘Chanting’ (9:24)
- ‘Slogans’ (2:22)
- ‘Plans’ (3:20)
- ‘Crying’ (1:26)
- ‘Razor’ (5:15)
- ‘Coup’ (4:54)
- ‘Arrest’ (9:15)
Introduction to "Heroic Pergatory" by Kiju Yoshida (6:08)
Introduction to "Heroic Purgatory" by David Desser (9:14)
Introduction to "Coup D'Etat" by Kiju Yoshida (5:22)
Introduction to "Coup D'Etat" by David Desser (8:51)
"Heroic Purgatory" Theatrical Trailer (3:04)
"Coup D'Etat" Theatrical Trailer (2:58)
DISCS FOUR - SEVEN (DVD Copy) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese LPCM 1.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Limited to 3000 copies with 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 Avant-Garde Filmmaking in Post-War Japan). -
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism America- Arrow Films - No cuts (118:07).
- Blu-ray ALL Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (118:07).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 06/11/15
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 18/05/17UPDATE LOG:
06/11/15: Initial entry.
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19/11/15: Updated to region ALL.
18/05/17: Added US.
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