Heat Wave Island

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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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Mystery,

Drama

Duration:

104 minutes

Year:

1969

Director:

Kaneto Shindo

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Company:

Kindai Eiga Kyokai,

Shochiku

Cast:
Nobuko Otowa

Otoyo

Jūzō Itami

Iino

Daigo Kusano

Tsuda

Ichirō Sugai

Tanie Kitabayashi

Crew:
Tetsuya Ohashi

Sound Recordist

Kaneto Shindo

Director

Kaneto Shindo

Writer

Ken'ichi Okamoto

Lighting Technician

Hisao Itoya

Producer