Heroic Purgatory

Name: Heroic Purgatory
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida
Genre: Drama
Released: 1970-09-26
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Mariko Okada, Kaizo Kamoda, Kaneko Iwasaki, Toru Takeuchi, Naho Kimura

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1970 · 118 min · Drama · TMDB 7.0/10

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.

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida

Cast

Mariko Okada — Nanako Shoda
Kaizo Kamoda — Rikiya Shoda
Kaneko Iwasaki — Atsuko Saegusa
Toru Takeuchi — Yasuo Kiyoshi
Naho Kimura — Jyoko Shinjo