Heat Wave Island
Heat Wave Island (かげろう, Kagerō) is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindo and starring Nobuko Otowa.[1][2]
Plot[]
Otoyo 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.
Cast[]
- Nobuko Otowa - Otoyo
- Juzo Itami - Iino
References[]
- ^ かげろう(1969) (in Japanese). Kinema Jumpo. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
- ^ "Kagerō". Eiga Geijutsu (in Japanese) (267). November 1969.
External links[]
- Heat Wave Island at IMDb
- Heat Wave Island at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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Categories:
- 1969 films
- Films directed by Kaneto Shindo
- 1960 films
- Japanese films
- 1960s Japanese film stubs