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Heroic Purgatory

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Heroic Purgatory

1970 · 118 min · Japan · Japanese

Heroic Purgatory (1970) is a solid-tier movie on goodrecmovies, rated 7.1/10 on IMDb from 938 votes. Updated

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★ 7.1IMDb · 938

Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her parents. Through this disruption, Rikiya suddenly starts remembering his youth as a revolutionary.

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Mariko Okada
Nanako Shoda
Kaizo Kamoda
Rikiya Shoda
Kazumi Tsutsui
Ayu
Naho Kimura
Jyoko Shinjo
Kaneko Iwasaki
Atsuko Saegusa
Toru Takeuchi
Yasuo Kiyoshi
Yoshiaki Makita
Shu Taya
Kakuya Saeki
Kenichi Matsuno
Gô Endô

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MMariko OkadaNanako ShodaKKaizo KamodaRikiya ShodaKKazumi TsutsuiAyuNNaho KimuraJyoko ShinjoKKaneko IwasakiAtsuko SaegusaTToru TakeuchiYasuo KiyoshiYYoshiaki MakitaShu TayaKKakuya SaekiKKenichi MatsunoGGô Endô

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