THE WOLVES [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1971
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Foreign
• Plot: Largely unseen outside of Japan since its release in 1971, Hideo GOSHA's (Goyokin, Hitokiri) The Wolves (Shussho Iwai) stands alone as one of the best yakuza films ever made. Starring the venerable Tatsuya NAKADAI (Yojimbo, Sword of Doom, Ran), the film is a commentary on Japan's changing culture of the 1920s, a place where gangsters have become leaders of society and violence is a natural way of life.; ; Synopsis: At the dawn of the Showa Era in 1929, Emperor Hirohito has granted amnesty to almost 400 prisoners. One of those men, Seiji (Nakadai), formally a henchmen for one of Japan's toughest gangs, must now learn to adjust in a new world where his former boss is dead and the rival boss has absorbed his entire gang. ; ; Filmed in the beautiful Shimokita Peninsula, The Wolves is a violent character study of honor and one of the quintessential gangster films of Japanese cinema.
• Cast: Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô, Kyôko Enami, Hisao Igawa, Hisashi Igawa, Komaki Kurihara, Toshio Kurosawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isao Natsuyagi, Kunie Tanaka, Tetsurô Tanba, Hideo Gosha, Kei Tasaka
• Director: Hideo Gosha
• Runtime: 2:11
• Company: Toho, Tokyo Eiga Shinsha, AnimEigo
• Media Format: Movie