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Heroic Purgatory (1970)

Overview

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.
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Yoshishige Yoshida profile
Yoshishige Yoshida

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Cast

Mariko Okada profile
Mariko Okada

Nanako Shoda

Kaizo Kamoda profile
Kaizo Kamoda

Rikiya Shoda

Kaneko Iwasaki profile
Kaneko Iwasaki

Atsuko Saegusa

Toru Takeuchi profile
Toru Takeuchi

Yasuo Kiyoshi

Naho Kimura profile
Naho Kimura

Jyoko Shinjo

Yoshiaki Makita profile
Yoshiaki Makita

Shu Taya

Kazumi Tsutsui profile
Kazumi Tsutsui

Ayu

Kakuya Saeki profile
Kakuya Saeki

Kenichi Matsuno profile
Kenichi Matsuno

Go Endou profile
Go Endou

Takeshi Ōbayashi profile
Takeshi Ōbayashi

Tetsuo Morishita profile
Tetsuo Morishita

Mariko Okada profile
Mariko Okada

Nanako Shoda

Kaizo Kamoda profile
Kaizo Kamoda

Rikiya Shoda

Kaneko Iwasaki profile
Kaneko Iwasaki

Atsuko Saegusa

Toru Takeuchi profile
Toru Takeuchi

Yasuo Kiyoshi

Naho Kimura profile
Naho Kimura

Jyoko Shinjo

Yoshiaki Makita profile
Yoshiaki Makita

Shu Taya

Kazumi Tsutsui profile
Kazumi Tsutsui

Ayu

Kakuya Saeki profile
Kakuya Saeki

Kenichi Matsuno profile
Kenichi Matsuno

Go Endou profile
Go Endou

Takeshi Ōbayashi profile
Takeshi Ōbayashi

Tetsuo Morishita profile
Tetsuo Morishita

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Release Date

September 26, 1970

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Art Theatre Guild logoGendai Eigasha logo

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Heroic Purgatory (1970) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080]
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Heroic Purgatory (Intro)

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