Full awards and nominations of Heat Wave
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Drama
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.
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15th Japan Academy Film Prize
- nom. Best Actress (Kanako Higuchi)
- nom. Best Supporting Actress (Keiko Oginome)
- nom. Best Music (Masaru Satô)
- nom. Best Cinematography (Fujio Morita)
- nom. Best Lighting Direction (Gengon Nakaoka)
- nom. Best Art Direction (Yoshinobu Nishioka)
- nom. Best Film Editing (Isamu Ichida)