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Heroic Purgatory is a Japanese black-and-white arthouse film released in 1970. It was directed by Yoshishige Yoshida and written by Masahiro Yamada. It's the second film in Yoshida's trilogy of Japanese radicalism, preceded by Eros + Massacre (1969) and followed by Coup d'Etat (1973).
Original Release
09/26/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mariko Okada | Nanako / Rikiya's wife |
| Kaizo Kamoda | Rikiya / Nanako's husband |
| Kazumi Tsutsui | Ayu |
| Naho Kimura | Jyoko |
| Kaneko Iwasaki | Atsuko |
| Tôru Takeuchi | Kiyoshi |
| Yoshiaki Makita | Shu |
| Katsuhiko Yokomitsu | |
| Tetsuo Morishita | |
| Takeshi Ôbayashi |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mariko Okada | Nanako / Rikiya's wife |
| Kaizo Kamoda | Rikiya / Nanako's husband |
| Kazumi Tsutsui | Ayu |
| Naho Kimura | Jyoko |
| Kaneko Iwasaki | Atsuko |
| Tôru Takeuchi | Kiyoshi |
| Yoshiaki Makita | Shu |
| Katsuhiko Yokomitsu | |
| Tetsuo Morishita | |
| Takeshi Ôbayashi | |
| Ken'ichi Matsuno | |
| Kakuya Saeki |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Yoshishige Yoshida | Producer |
| Sei Okamura | Producer |
