Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: film is biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi, Fact2: militant feminist attempts to kill him in tea house, Fact3: Eiko believes in Osugi 's principles of free love and first time, Fact4: story is interwoven with retelling of Osugi 's later years and death, Fact5: Eiko 's lover/film director commits suicide by hanging himself with length of film
Output (English): The film is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi, who was assassinated by the Japanese military in 1923. The story tells of his relationship with three women: Hori Yasuko, his wife; Noe Ito, his third lover, who was to die with him; and his jealous, second lover, Masaoka Itsuko, a militant feminist who attempts to kill him in a tea house in 1916. Parallel to the telling of Osugi’s life, two students Eiko and Wada do research on the political theories and ideas of free love that he upheld. Some of the characters from the past and from the present meet and engage the themes of the film. The film begins with Eiko interviewing Noe Itos daughter Mako in order to shed some light onto Noes life. After that, we see a glimpse into Eiko and Wadas lives. Eiko believes in Osugis principles of free love and the first time we meet her after the cold opening, shes making love with a film director but gets interrupted by Wada, so later she finishes herself off by masturbating in the shower. Shes also connected with an underground prostitution ring and is questioned by a police inspector. Meanwhile, Wada spends most of his time philosophizing with Eiko and playing with fire. The two sometimes engage in reenactments of lives of famous revolutionaries and martyrs. Their story is interwoven with the retelling of Osugis later years and death. The scene where Itsuko tries to take Osugis life is retold several times with differing results. The 1920s scenes in general follow a different pace than the 1960s scenes, both musically and stylistically. The story sometimes delves into surreal imagery, most notably the scene of two rugby teams playing a match with an urn containing Osugis ashes as the ball, or the segment where Eiko gets to interview Noe herself. In the films final scene, Eikos loverfilm director commits suicide by hanging himself with a length of film. Eiko and Wada gather all of the 1920s characters and take a group picture of them. The two then leave the building.