Love Affair in Purgatory

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Keiichi Ozawa directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 253 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Maki Kawamura and Keiko Tsuzuki and Keizo Kanie carry the top of the cast.
• 5IMDB entry: tt0286935 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime

73 min · 1h 13m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

IMDB

Love Affair in Purgatory (1973) ↗

Also by

Keiichi Ozawa

• 
  Profile of a Boss' Son

  1970 · ★ 10.0
• 
  Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies

  1970 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Kanto Drifter

  1971 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Pay Off Your Debt!

  1970 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Sanctuary in the Night

  1973 · ★ 8.5
• 
  Haunted Samurai

  1970 · ★ 8.2

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Nikkatsu Corporation

  JP

Key crew

• Assistant DirectorYuzo Yamaguchi

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• softcore
• pink film

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere1973-03-14

Also known as

International titles

• Saihate no jôjiJP
• Love Affair in PurgatoryUS