Heroic Purgatory

Childhood revolutionary meets nuclear bureaucrat in limbo when a stray girl stirs forgotten fire. A father’s claim cracks open the past like bullet-pocked concrete. Yoshida frames guilt and gas masks in an industrial dream.

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Yoshishige Yoshida directed Heroic Purgatory in 1970. See Yoshishige Yoshida's full filmography, where to start with Yoshishige Yoshida, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoshishige Yoshida.

Heroic Purgatory was released in 1970 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.