Heroic Purgatory

Name: Heroic Purgatory
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1970-09-26
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 7.30
Cast: Yoshiaki Makita, Naho Kimura, Kaizo Kamoda, Mariko Okada

– Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.30 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 58 Minutes

Release Year:

1970

Original Name:

煉獄エロイカ

Heroic Purgatory (1970) - Also known as 煉獄エロイカ

Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.

Story Timeline:

Future

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan

Genre:

Fantasy, Drama

Heroic Purgatory (1970) - Trailer

Release Date:

26 Sep 1970

Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:

Not Rated

Directed by:

Yoshishige Yoshida

Story Written By:

Masahiro Yamada

Main Actors:

Yoshiaki Makita, Naho Kimura, Kaizo Kamoda, Mariko Okada

Plot:

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.

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.4/10