Heat Wave Island

1h 44m
MysteryDrama
6

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.

Cast

Nobuko Otowa
Otoyo
Jūzō Itami
Iino
Daigo Kusano
Tsuda
Ichirō Sugai
Unknown
Tanie Kitabayashi
Unknown
Hisano Yamaoka
Unknown
Masanobu Oki
Unknown
Mika Matsui
Unknown
Jūkichi Uno
Unknown
Eitarō Ozawa
Unknown
Rika Mizuki
Unknown
Ken Yoshizawa
Unknown
Hideo Kanze
Unknown
Rokkō Toura
Unknown
Taiji Tonoyama
Unknown
Tsutomu Akashi
Unknown

Crew

Kaneto Shindō
Director, Screenplay
Kiyomi Kuroda
Director of Photography, Production Design
Seijiro Koyama
Assistant Director
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Kazuo Kuwahara
Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound Recordist
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Ken'ichi Okamoto
Gaffer

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