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Heroic Purgatory AKA Rengoku eroica (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:DISCS ONE - THREE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC FOUR (DVD)
* "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Taisho’ (6:48)
- ‘Politics’ (5:24)
- ‘Free Love’ (4:57)
- ‘Confrontations’ (6:37)
- ‘Earthquake’ (11:23)
- ‘Walking’ (5:25)
- ‘Directions’ (7:38)
- ‘Ending’ (8:47)
"Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story" documentary (30:07)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" by David Desser (11:21)
Theatrical Trailer (3:31)
DISC FIVE (DVD)
* "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Rugby’ (2:00)
- ‘A Doll’s House’ (3:10)
- ‘Sister’ (2:55)
- ‘Godardian Absurdity’ (9:30)
- ‘Knife’ (3:17)
- ‘Caught’ (9:27)
- ‘Bluestocking’ (4:08)
- ‘Sleep’ (2:41)
- ‘Knifing’ (14:18)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" by David Desser (9:05)
DISC SIX (DVD)
* "Heroic Purgatory" (1970)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Opening’ (3:02)
- ‘Death?’ (1:57)
- ‘Conflation’ (10:51)
- ‘Molestation’ (2:48)
- ‘Blackmail’ (2:18)
- ‘Ritsuko’ (5:21)
- ‘Tension’ (3:45)
- ‘Trial’ (4:29)
- ‘1980’ (8:18)
- ‘Interviewers’ (4:07)
Introduction by Kiju Yoshida (6:08)
Introduction by David Desser (9:12)
Theatrical Trailer (3:02)
DISC SEVEN (DVD)
* "Coup D'Etat" (1973)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Chanting’ (9:21)
- ‘Slogans’ (2:20)
- ‘Plans’ (3:18)
- ‘Crying’ (1:25)
- ‘Razor’ (5:13)
- ‘Coup’ (4:53)
- ‘Arrest’ (9:13)
Introduction by Kiju Yoshida (5:22)
Introduction by David Desser (8:48)
Theatrical Trailer (2:56) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 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:DISCS ONE - THREE (Blu-ray Copy)
DISC FOUR (DVD)
* "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Taisho’ (6:48)
- ‘Politics’ (5:24)
- ‘Free Love’ (4:57)
- ‘Confrontations’ (6:37)
- ‘Earthquake’ (11:23)
- ‘Walking’ (5:25)
- ‘Directions’ (7:38)
- ‘Ending’ (8:47)
"Yoshida ...or: The Explosion of the Story" documentary (30:07)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Theatrical Cut" by David Desser (11:21)
Theatrical Trailer (3:31)
DISC FIVE (DVD)
* "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" (1969)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Rugby’ (2:00)
- ‘A Doll’s House’ (3:10)
- ‘Sister’ (2:55)
- ‘Godardian Absurdity’ (9:30)
- ‘Knife’ (3:17)
- ‘Caught’ (9:27)
- ‘Bluestocking’ (4:08)
- ‘Sleep’ (2:41)
- ‘Knifing’ (14:18)
Introduction to "Eros + Massacre: Director's Cut" by David Desser (9:05)
DISC SIX (DVD)
* "Heroic Purgatory" (1970)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Opening’ (3:02)
- ‘Death?’ (1:57)
- ‘Conflation’ (10:51)
- ‘Molestation’ (2:48)
- ‘Blackmail’ (2:18)
- ‘Ritsuko’ (5:21)
- ‘Tension’ (3:45)
- ‘Trial’ (4:29)
- ‘1980’ (8:18)
- ‘Interviewers’ (4:07)
Introduction by Kiju Yoshida (6:08)
Introduction by David Desser (9:12)
Theatrical Trailer (3:02)
DISC SEVEN (DVD)
* "Coup D'Etat" (1973)
Scene-select audio commentary by David Desser
- ‘Chanting’ (9:21)
- ‘Slogans’ (2:20)
- ‘Plans’ (3:18)
- ‘Crying’ (1:25)
- ‘Razor’ (5:13)
- ‘Coup’ (4:53)
- ‘Arrest’ (9:13)
Introduction by Kiju Yoshida (5:22)
Introduction by David Desser (8:48)
Theatrical Trailer (2:56) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 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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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 dual mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
The identical US and UK box for the extras.
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CUTS:
- R0 Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism America- Arrow Films - No cuts (118:00 NTSC).
- R0 Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts (118:00 NTSC).
- R2 Japan- Geneon Entertainment - No cuts (117:59 NTSC).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 24/11/15
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 18/05/17UPDATE LOG:
24/1/15: Initial entry.
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18/05/17: Added US.
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