WatchUp™
HomeDiscoverServicesTrailersWatchlist
Log in
Heat Wave Island poster
Heat Wave Island poster

Heat Wave Island

1969 1h 44m 6.7Movie
MysteryDrama

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.

Where to Watch

No US streaming subscription carries this title right now.

Kaneto Shindō

Director, Screenplay

Top Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Otoyo

Jūzō Itami

Jūzō Itami

Iino

Daigo Kusano

Daigo Kusano

Tsuda

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Hisano Yamaoka

Hisano Yamaoka

Masanobu Oki

Mika Matsui

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Rika Mizuki

Ken Yoshizawa

Ken Yoshizawa

Hideo Kanze

Hideo Kanze

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Tsutomu Akashi

More Like This

The Caveman's Valentine poster

The Caveman's Valentine

A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery poster

A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

Remember poster

Remember

Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery poster

Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder poster

Garage Sale Mystery: A Case Of Murder

The Wings of the Kirin poster

The Wings of the Kirin

Triage poster

Triage

Charisma poster

Charisma

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery poster

A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine poster

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine

Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent poster

Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Murder, My Sweet poster

Murder, My Sweet

Brand Upon the Brain! poster

Brand Upon the Brain!

The Truth About Emanuel poster

The Truth About Emanuel

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery poster

The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery poster

Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

Wedding Planner Mystery poster

Wedding Planner Mystery

Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery poster

Past Malice: An Emma Fielding Mystery

The Ritual Killer poster

The Ritual Killer

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery poster

A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery

HomeDiscoverServicesTrailersWatchlist