Rengoku eroica
Japan,
1970, 118 min
Directed by:
Yoshishige YoshidaScreenplay:
Masahiro YamadaCinematography:
Motokichi HasegawaPlots(1)
Heroic Purgatory pushes the dazzling cinematic language of Eros + Massacre even further, presenting a bleak but dreamlike investigation into the political discourses taking place in early 70s Japan. (Arrow Films)
Cast
Mariko Okada
Japan
Best movies:
A Story Written with Water (1965)
Late Autumn (1960)
Samurai III: Duel on Ganryu Island (1956)
Kaizo Kamoda
Best movies:
Heroic Purgatory (1970)
Kaneko Iwasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Heroic Purgatory (1970)