Wolf (1955 film)
Wolf | |
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Japanese name | |
Kanji | 狼 |
Directed by | |
Cinematography | Takeo Itō |
Edited by | Zenju Imaizumi |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Release date | |
Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Wolf (狼, Okami) is a 1955 Japanese
Plot
After an
Cast
- Nobuko Otowa as Akiko Yano
- Jun Hamamura as Harashima
- Ichirō Sugaias Fusajirō Yoshikawa
- Sanae Takasugi as Tomie Fujibayashi
- Taiji Tonoyama as Yoshiyuki Mikawa
- Bokuzen Hidari
- Tanie Kitabayashi
- Masao Mishima
- Tomoko Naraoka
- Eitarō Ozawa
- Sumie Sasaki
- Masami Shimojō
- Tsutomu Shimomoto
- Kinzō Shin as Hideo Yamamoto
- Kin Sugai
- Yoshiko Tsubouchi
- Eijirō Tōno
- Jūkichi Uno
Production
Shindō had based his screenplay for Wolf 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 own production company Kindai Eiga Kyōkai after Nikkatsu studios backed out of the project shortly before shooting began. Instead, Itō Takerō of the independent company Dokuritsu Eiga helped in funding the production. Wolf was shown in only a few independent cinemas and was a failure with the audience.[3] Tonoyama, who appeared in many of Shindō's films, later stated that this was his favourite role of all of the director's films.[4]
References
- ^ a b "狼". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ a b "狼". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^ "Kaneto Shindo on the making of Wolf". filmtv.it (in Italian). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ISBN 978-4-569-80434-7.
External links
- Wolf at IMDb