Heat Wave Island

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.

Genre:

Mystery, Drama

Duration:

104 min

Actor:

Nobuko Otowa, Jūzō Itami, Daigo Kusano

Quality:

HD

Director:

Kaneto Shindō

Release:

1969

Country:

Japan

IMDb:

7.0