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Heat Wave Island (1969)
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Overview
Otowa is 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.
Length 104 minutes
Actors
Nobuko Otowa | Juzo Itami | Daigo Kusano | Ichirô Sugai | Tanie Kitabayashi | Hisano Yamaoka | Masanobu Oki | Mika Matsui | Jukichi Uno | Eitarô Ozawa | Rika Mizuki