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Heroic Purgatory

Kijū Yoshida Forever • Drama

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 seventies Japan.

Cast
Mariko Okada Nanako
Naho Kimura Jyoko
Yoshiaki Makita Shu
Crew
Kiju Yoshida director
Masahiro Yamada writer
Sei Okamura producer

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