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    Heat Wave Island

    104'

    1969-10-29

    6.7

    Mystery,Drama

    Overview:

    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.

    DirectingKaneto ShindōWritingKaneto Shindō

    Cast

    2

    Otoyo

    Nobuko Otowa

    2

    Iino

    Jūzō Itami

    2

    Tsuda

    Daigo Kusano

    2

    Ichirō Sugai

    2

    Tanie Kitabayashi

    2

    Hisano Yamaoka

    1

    Masanobu Oki

    1

    Mika Matsui

    2

    Jūkichi Uno

    2

    Eitarō Ozawa

    1

    Rika Mizuki

    1

    Ken Yoshizawa

    1

    Hideo Kanze

    2

    Rokkō Toura

    2

    Taiji Tonoyama

    1

    Tsutomu Akashi

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Japan
    • List of languages:
      1. Japanese
    • List of companies:
      1. Kindai Eiga Kyokai
    • Vote Count: 3
    • Popularity: 0.6782
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:かげろう

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