Heroic Purgatory (煉獄エロイカ, Rengoku eroica) is a 1970 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida.[1][2] It is the second film in a loose trilogy, preceded by Eros + Massacre (1969) and followed by Coup d'Etat (1973).[3][4]

Heroic Purgatory
Directed byYoshishige Yoshida
Written by
Produced by
  • Yoshishige Yoshida
  • Sei Okamura
StarringMariko Okada
CinematographyMotokichi Hasegawa
Edited byHiroyuki Yasuoka
Music byToshi Ichiyanagi
Production
companies
Release date
  • 26 September 1970 (1970-09-26) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
118 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

References edit

  1. ^ a b "煉獄エロイカ". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "煉獄エロイカ". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ Desser, David (1988). Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema. Indiana University Press. p. 73.
  4. ^ Wilkins, Budd (30 March 2017). "Review: Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism on Arrow Video Blu-ray". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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