- HD 1080
- Runtime: 106m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Hideo Gosha
- Stars: Kanako Higuchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Oginome, Masahiro Motoki, Rino Katase
- keywords: japan, tattoo, gambling, gangster, yakuza, restaurant, elite, murder, mafia, debt, contest, kumamoto, japan, ryōtei
- Production_studio: Shochiku Daiichi Kogyo, Bandai Visual
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Heat Wave is featured in the top rankings of 1991
- #49 in Top Crime Movies of 1991
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.