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Availability: Out Of Print - This title is currently unavailable and/or out of print. Other versions may still be available; and will be listed on the right side of your screen. AKA: Prison Release Celebration Director: Hideo Gosha Producer: Sanezumi Fujimoto  ||  Eiji Shiino  ||  Masayuki Sato Released: 1972 [Japan] Genre: Crime     Sub-Genre: Drama Keywords:  Betrayal / Double-Cross || Friendship || Gangs / Gangsters || Japan / Japanese || Prison / Prisoner

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Plot:	An indisputable yakuza (gangster) masterpiece about loyalty and betrayal, "The Wolves" chronicles one man's journey out of the simplistic values of the gang ethics that have provided him with a harsh haven into a wider and even darker world.
Overview:	An indisputable yakuza (gangster) masterpiece about loyalty and betrayal, "The Wolves" is as sharp as wolves' teeth. It chronicles one man's journey out of the simplistic values of the gang ethics that have provided him with a harsh haven into a wider and even darker world. Released from prison in a general amnesty, Iwahashi returns to the bosom of the Enokiya gang. Here he finds that the feud between them and the Kannon gang has been resolved by a corrupt and successful entrepreneur, Asakura. But the Kannon gang have not forgotten that the reason that Iwahashi was imprisoned was for killing their boss--nor forgiven it. And whilst Iwahashi has been behind bars, his boss has been assassinated. This leaves him as boss designate, a position he resigns to his closes friend, Sasaki. A film noir that mixes love-at-the-edge with bloodshed, superbly photographed and directed, "The Wolves" is filmmaking of a rare quality.
Cast:	Tatsuya Nakadai  ||  Noboru Ando  ||  Komaki Kurihara  ||  Kyoko Enami  ||  Tetsuro Tanba (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	131 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Artsmagic/Warrior  [A UK-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
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