Heat Wave
- Original title
- Kagerô
- Year
- 1991
- Running time
- 106 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kanako Higuchi
- Tatsuya Nakadai
- Keiko Oginome
- Masahiro Motoki
- Rino Katase
- Takuzo Kawatani
- Naoto Takenaka
- Hakuryu
- Hitomi Shimizu
- Tsuyoshi Ujiki
- Shima Iwashita
- Tetsurô Tanba
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Yakuza & Triad. Gambling
- Synopsis
- A woman raised by a restaurant-owning family follows in her late father's footsteps and becomes a yakuza gambler. After years away from her adopted family, she bumps into her younger step-brother, who is in trouble. He had inherited the family bussiness after his parents' death, but forced into gambling by a yakuza gang, he lost it.
- Awards
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1992: Premios de la Academia Japonesa: 7 nominations
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