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Heat Wave Island

Original title: Kagerô
  • 1969
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
27
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Heat Wave Island (1969)
JapaneseDrama

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Writer
    • Kaneto Shindô
  • Stars
    • Nobuko Otowa
    • Jûzô Itami
    • Daigo Kusano
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    27
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kaneto Shindô
    • Writer
      • Kaneto Shindô
    • Stars
      • Nobuko Otowa
      • Jûzô Itami
      • Daigo Kusano
    • 1User review
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Nobuko Otowa
    Nobuko Otowa
    • Otoyo
    Jûzô Itami
    Jûzô Itami
    • Iino
    Daigo Kusano
    Daigo Kusano
    • Tsuda
    Ichirô Sugai
    Ichirô Sugai
    Tanie Kitabayashi
    Tanie Kitabayashi
    Hisano Yamaoka
    Shôji Ôki
    Mika Matsui
    Jûkichi Uno
    Eitarô Ozawa
    Eitarô Ozawa
    Tsutomu Akashi
    Hideo Kanze
    Hideo Kanze
    Rika Mizuki
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Taiji Tonoyama
    Rokkô Toura
    Rokkô Toura
    Ken Yoshizawa
    • Director
      • Kaneto Shindô
    • Writer
      • Kaneto Shindô
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    Mulan2001

    It´s not a horror film of Shindo

    It´s the first Kaneto Shindo film I saw in my life, and I must confess it didn´t surprise me a lot. I´ve read other reviews about Shindo´s films, like Onibaba, and I thought Kagerou would follow the same line of this famous film. It´s the story of a policeman called Oishi, that investigates the murder of Otoyo, a woman who was in love with him. But during the investigation he discovers some of her secrets, like her affair with the three men who killed her husband and the idiot son she abandoned in the island she was born. Curiosity: Juzo Itami (director of Tampopo) is one of the film´s actors.

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1969 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Пекло
    • Production company
      • Kindai Eiga Kyokai
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 43m(103 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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