Heat Wave
Masahiro Shinoda
Kuniko Yamada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masahiro Motoki, Keiko Ogino, Rino Katase, Takuzo Kadono, Naoto Takenaka, Kaoru Nakanishi, Shigeru Kamiyama, Tetsuro Tanba, Ken Ogata, Shima Iwashita
1991
Japan
Completed
Japanese
106 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as陽炎，is aJapanProducerwomen sex，At1991Released in year
。The dialogue language isJapanese，Current Douban rating7.1(For reference only)。
The director of this film is the renowned Japanese filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda, known for his work in martial arts and yakuza films. The leading roles feature the bold and daring actress, Kuniko Yamada, and the charismatic actor, Masahiro Motoki. The story unfolds among professional gamblers, mobsters, betting, and revenge, ultimately resolving both new grudges and old enmities on the ever-changing gambling table. Are the successes and failures of life merely like steam, ephemeral and illusory, vanishing in an instant? Does killing to cover one's tracks simply deepen the罪having? This film possesses both a melancholic beauty and entertaining elements of gambling and gang violence; love and hatred, intertwined, making it a masterpiece that appeals to both refined and popular tastes, encapsulating the pinnacle of Shinoda's directorial achievements.