A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Heat Wave (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Motoki Masahiro (Actor)
| Higuchi Kanako (Actor)
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| Product Title: | A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Heat Wave (Hong Kong Version) 日本映畫百年史：陽炎 (香港版) 日本映画百年史：阳炎 (香港版) A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Neat Wave (Overseas Version) A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Heat Wave (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Motoki Masahiro (Actor) | Higuchi Kanako (Actor) 本木雅弘 (Actor) | 樋口可南子 (Actor) 本木雅弘 (Actor) | 樋口可南子 (Actor) 本木雅弘 (Actor) | 樋口可南子 (Actor) Motoki Masahiro (Actor) | Higuchi Kanako (Actor) |
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| Release Date: | 2003-09-26 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Hong Kong, Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Publisher: | Shu Kei Creative Work (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 110 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1002897114 |
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導演：五社英雄
Director: Gosha Hideo
恩義千年記；父仇不敢忘！
成王敗寇；一局定輸贏！
遍地血雨腥風；殺機一觸即發！
本片導演是擅長拍攝武俠片及青樓暴力片的五社英雄，主角是以大膽見稱的�B口可南子（《座頭市》《浪人街》及性格型男本木雅弘（《五個相撲的少年》）。
故事說城島鈴自幼父母雙亡，被別人收養；長大後步生父後塵，當上職業賭徒。一次她為受騙的義弟出頭，重遇殺父仇人常次郎，最後新仇舊恨都在押在瞬息萬變的賭桌上了斷……成敗得失，難道就如蒸騰的熱氣，如幻似煙，轉眼成空？殺人填命，又會否只令罪孽更深更重？本片既有哀怨悽美的一面，又包含賭博較量、黑幫暴力等極富娛樂性元素；愛恨恩仇，共冶一爐，可謂雅俗共賞，是五社導演集大成的巔峰之作。
Affectionately directed by Gosha Hideo, the renowned director of Three Outlaw Samurai and 226. Heat Wave gives an immense portrayal of human sins and vainness of life. Jojima Orin is orphaned when Tsunejiro cruelly murders her father. She is later adopted by the Kosuji family, which runs a large restaurant called Yagumo in Kumamoto, and becomes a gambler just like her father once was. Orin meets Tsunejiro again in a gambling party when she resolves to confront the Iwabune mob and take back the Yagumo that rightfully belongs to her brother…… Heat Wave features the Japanese Film Academy Best Actress Higuchi Kanako (of Ronin-gai and Bed Time Eyes), as the gambling expert Orin and Motoki Masahiro (of Sumo Do, Sumo Don't) as Orin's brother, Ichitaro. Both grievous and compelling, the film is considered as another of Gosha's masterworks.
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Exceptionally beautiful film
| In simplest terms, "Heat Wave" tells the story of a professional gambler's attempts to win back the family business that her younger brother had gambled away. Higuchi Kanako is ravishingly lovely in the lead role and richly deserved the "best actress" award she won for this film. She commands the screen throughout the movie. I suspect the movie was shot on a fairly small budget, but the cinematography throughout is superb, a real treat for the eyes. The first forty-five minutes of the film are more tawdry than is necessary to serve the story. My only other gripe is the presence of chanbara legend Tatsuya Nakadai in a major role. If you enjoy his work, then you will like him here. I find him to be a hammy over-actor. Don't let that steer you away from this film. I highly recommend it. |
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