The Wolves (1955)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1955-07-03
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
Casting
- Nobuko Otowa
- Sanae Takasugi
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Jun Hamamura
- Ichirō Sugai
- Jūkichi Uno
- Eitarō Ozawa
- Eijirō Tōno
- Masao Shimizu
- Masao Mishima
- Yasushi Nagata
- Kō Mihashi
Interesting facts
The Wolves or Wolf is a 1955 Japanese crime drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.
Production
Shindō had based his screenplay on an actual event, the robbing of a truck by a group of five insurance agents, including two women, who had no previous criminal records and acted out of sheer poverty. The film was produced by Shindō's and actor Taiji Tonoyama's production company Kindai Eiga Kyōkai after Nikkatsu studios backed out of the project shortly before shooting began.
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