Muscle Heat (2002)
2002 film by Ten Shimoyama
- Released
- 2002
- Country
- Japan, United States
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Ten Shimoyama
- Music
- Kōji Endō
- Cinematography
- Hideo Yamamoto
- Starring
- Kane Kosugi, Shō Aikawa, Masaya Katō, Naoto Takenaka, Shinya Hashimoto
- Running time
- 180 minutes
- Distributor
- Toho
Muscle Heat (Japanese: マッスルヒート, Hepburn: Massuruhīto) is a 2002 Japanese action film directed by Ten Shimoyama. The film stars Kane Kosugi, Show Aikawa, Masaya Kato, and Naoto Takenaka. In the film, an ex-Navy SEAL attempts to bring down a criminal organization that is benefitting from a dangerous drug called "Blood Heat." Muscle Heat was theatrically released in Japan on October 26, 2002.
More films directed by Ten Shimoyama
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Facts from Wikidata Q4069009 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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