Heat Wave Island
1969 · 104 min · Mystery, Drama
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.
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Writer
- Kaneto Shindō
- Released
- October 29, 1969
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
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