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The Wolves 1971 Directed by Hideo Gosha 出所祝い

After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Company TOHO
Release Date 30 October 1971
131 mins
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Seji Iwahashi
Noboru Andō
Noboru Andō Gunjiro Ozeki
Komaki Kurihara
Komaki Kurihara Niece
Kyōko Enami
Kyōko Enami Oyu
Toshio Kurosawa
Toshio Kurosawa Tsutomu Onodera
Isao Natsuyagi
Isao Natsuyagi Tetsunosuke Sakaki
Kunie Tanaka
Kunie Tanaka Matsuzo Tsumura
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Kyōichi Satō
Kyōichi Satō
Jutarō Hojo
Jutarō Hojo
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Keiko Niitaka
Keiko Niitaka
Eiko Horii
Eiko Horii
Katsue Nitta
Katsue Nitta
Hajime Mitamura
Hajime Mitamura
Jun Haichi
Jun Haichi
Hajime Miyazawa
Hajime Miyazawa
Hideyo Amamoto
Hideyo Amamoto
Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa Narrator
Tetsuro Tamba
Tetsuro Tamba Genryu Asakura
Crew
Director
Hideo Gosha
Hideo Gosha
Writers
Hideo Gosha
Hideo Gosha
Kei Tasaka
Kei Tasaka
Producers
Masayuki Satō
Masayuki Satō
Hideyuki Shiino
Hideyuki Shiino
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Cinematography
Kōzō Okazaki
Kōzō Okazaki
Composer
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Editor
Michio Suwa
Michio Suwa
Art Direction
Motoji Kojima
Motoji Kojima
Lighting
Yosuke Sakakibara
Yosuke Sakakibara