Heat Wave Island (1969)

1h 44m · 29 Oct 1969

Drama Mystery

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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.

Movie ID	115492
Genre	Drama, Mystery
Director	Kaneto Shindō
Main cast	Nobuko Otowa, Jūzō Itami, Daigo Kusano, Ichirō Sugai, Tanie Kitabayashi, Hisano Yamaoka, Masanobu Oki, Mika Matsui
Release date	29 October 1969
Release year	1969
Language	Japanese
Duration	104 min (1h 44m)
Rating	6.7 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house	Kindai Eiga Kyokai