Heat Wave Island Explained

Heat Wave Island
Native Name:	かげろう
Director:	Kaneto Shindō
Cinematography:	Kiyomi Kuroda
Editing:	Hisao Enoki
Music:	Hikaru Hayashi
Studio:	Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Distributor:	Shochiku
Runtime:	103 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1969 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō.

Cast

• Nobuko Otowa as Otoyo
• Juzo Itami as Iino
• Rokkō Toura as Oishi
• Daigo Kusano as Tsuchida
• Taiji Tonoyama as mayor
• Masako Toyama as Goto Michiko
• Ken Yoshizawa as Hiroshi Hori
• Ichirō Sugai as fisherman
• Eitarō Ozawa as hospital director
• Jūkichi Uno as Yo's father

Reception

Heat Wave Island reached number four on Kinema Junpo's Ten Best Japanese Films of 1969.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: キネマ旬報 ベスト・テン 1969年・第43回 . Kinema Junpo . ja . 16 August 2023.