The Blood of Wolves
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Japanese | 孤狼の血 |
Directed by | Kazuya Shiraishi |
Screenplay by | Jun'ya Ikegami |
Based on | Korō no Chi by Yūko Yuzuki |
Produced by | Kazuto Amano |
Starring |
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Narrated by | Issei Futamata |
Edited by | Hitomi Katō |
Music by | Gorō Yasukawa |
Distributed by | Toei |
Release date |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $3.8 million[1] |
The Blood of Wolves (孤狼の血, Korō no Chi) is a 2018 Japanese crime and yakuza film[2] directed by Kazuya Shiraishi.[3]
Plot[]
1988, Hiroshima, Japan. Shūichi Hioka (Tori Matsuzaka) gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Shōgo Ōgami (Kōji Yakusho), a detective rumored to have mob ties, and he is put in charge of the missing person case for an employee at a yakuza-affiliated finance company. Hioka confronts ruthless gang thugs while harboring doubts about the law-breaking Ogami.
Cast[]
- East Kurehara Police
- Kōji Yakusho as Shōgo Ōgami
- Tori Matsuzaka as Shūichi Hioka
- Kenichi Yajima
- Tomorowo Taguchi
- Hiroshima Prefectural Police
- Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga
- Odani-gumi
- Yōsuke Eguchi as Moritaka Ichinose
- Goro Ibuki as Kenji Odani
- Tomoya Nakamura as Kyōji
- Taketo Tanaka as Takashi
- Irako-kai
- Renji Ishibashi as Shōhei Irako
- Kakomura-gumi
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Kakomura
- Yutaka Takenouchi as Nozaki
- Takuma Oto'o as Yoshida
- Katsuya as "Sekitori"
- Takii-gumi
- Pierre Taki as Ginji Takii
- Aki Shimbun
- Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka
- Others
- Yōko Maki as Rikako Takagi
- Junko Abe as Momoko Okada
- Taro Suruga as Jirō Uesawa
- Megumi as Junko Uesawa
- Joey Iwanaga as Daiki Zenda
Awards[]
Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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43rd Hochi Film Awards | Best Picture | The Blood of Wolves | Won |
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | Nominated | |
31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | Nominated |
Yūjirō Ishihara Award | Nominated | ||
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Won | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | Nominated | |
40th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Won |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Won | |
73rd Mainichi Film Awards | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | Nominated |
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Nominated | |
Best Sound Recording | Kazuharu Urata | Nominated | |
61st Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | Nominated |
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Won | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Won | |
28th Tokyo Sports Film Award | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | Nominated |
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Nominated | |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | Nominated | |
14th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | Won |
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Won | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Junko Abe | Won | |
42nd Japan Academy Prize | Picture of the Year | The Blood of Wolves | Nominated |
Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated | |
Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Won | |
Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Won | |
Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | Nominated | |
Best Screenplay | Jun'ya Ikegami | Nominated | |
Best Music | Gorō Yasukawa | Nominated | |
Best Cinematography | Takahiro Haibara | Nominated | |
Best Lighting Direction | Minoru Kawai | Nominated | |
Best Art Direction | Tsutomu Imamura | Won | |
Best Sound Recording | Kazuharu Urata | Won | |
Best Film Editing | Hitomi Katō | Nominated | |
13th Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | Won |
Sequel[]
- Last of the Wolves (2021)
See also[]
- Cops vs. Thugs (1975 film)
References[]
- ^ "The Blood of Wolves Box Office Mojo listing". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ "'The Blood of Wolves': Old-school yakuza thrills are back". japantimes. 9 May 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ "孤狼の血". eiga.com. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
External links[]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- The Blood of Wolves at IMDb
Categories:
- 2018 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- 2010s Japanese films
- Films directed by Kazuya Shiraishi
- Toei Company films
- Japanese crime drama films
- 2010s crime drama films
- Yakuza films
- Films based on Japanese novels
- Films set in the 1980s
- 2018 drama films
- 2010s Japanese film stubs