The Wolves

The Wolves

1955•2h 7m•6.9/10

DramaCrime

Ratings

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6.9/10(9)

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.

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Production

Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Dokuritsu Eiga

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Sanae Takasugi

Sanae Takasugi

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Yasushi Nagata

Kō Mihashi

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Miwa Saitō

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Shojiro Ogasawara

Masanori Takeda

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