Heat Wave Island (1969)
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Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
- Date of release
- 1969-10-29
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
Casting
- Nobuko Otowa — Otoyo
- Jūzō Itami — Iino
- Daigo Kusano — Tsuda
- Ichirō Sugai
- Tanie Kitabayashi
- Hisano Yamaoka
- Masanobu Oki
- Mika Matsui
- Jūkichi Uno
- Eitarō Ozawa
- Rika Mizuki
- Ken Yoshizawa
Interesting facts
Heat Wave Island is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō.
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