Heat Wave Island
(1969)
★ 6.7 IMDb · 3 votes
Year: 1969
Runtime: 104 мин
Country: Japan
Director: 新藤兼人
Cast: 乙羽信子, Дзюдзо Итами, 草野大悟, Итиро Сугай, Таниэ Китабаяши, 山岡久乃, Masanobu Oki, Mika Matsui, 宇野重吉, 小沢栄太郎
Plot
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.