Heroic Purgatory
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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Heroic Purgatory
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 26, 1970
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Drama
User Score
69%
Original Title
煉獄エロイカ
Production Companies
Art Theatre Guild, Gendai Eigasha
Director
Yoshishige Yoshida
Description
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.