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Heat Wave Island

10/29/1969

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1hr 44min

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Mystery

,Drama

STORY

Otowa is 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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Nobuko Otowa
  • Jūzō Itami
  • Daigo Kusano
  • Ichirō Sugai
  • Tanie Kitabayashi

    Directors

  • Kaneto Shindō
  • Seijirō Kōyama

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Kindai Eiga Kyokai
  • Shochiku

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Otoyo

Daigo Kusano

Tsuda

Ichirō Sugai

Tanie Kitabayashi

Hisano Yamaoka

Masanobu Oki

Mika Matsui

Jūkichi Uno

Eitarō Ozawa

Rika Mizuki

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