Heroic Purgatory

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

  1. "煉獄エロイカ". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. "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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