Heat Wave Island (1969)
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
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Nobuko Otowa as Otoyo |
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Jūzō Itami as Iino |
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Daigo Kusano as Tsuda |
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Ichirō Sugai as |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as |
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Hisano Yamaoka as |
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Masanobu Oki as |
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Mika Matsui as |
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Jūkichi Uno as |
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Eitarō Ozawa as |
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Rika Mizuki as |
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Ken Yoshizawa as |
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Hideo Kanze as |
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Rokkō Toura as |
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Taiji Tonoyama as |
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Tsutomu Akashi as |
| Sound | Tetsuya Ohashi | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Kaneto Shindō | Director |
| Art | Kiyomi Kuroda | Production Design |
| Production | Kazuo Kuwahara | Producer |
| Directing | Seijiro Koyama | Assistant Director |
| Production | Hisao Itoya | Producer |
| Sound | Hikaru Hayashi | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kiyomi Kuroda | Director of Photography |
| Production | Setsuo Noto | Producer |
| Lighting | Ken'ichi Okamoto | Gaffer |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Screenplay |
