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{{short description|1955 film}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Wolf
| name = The Wolves
| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese| kanji = 狼}}
| image =
| image =
| caption =
| caption =
| director = [[Kaneto Shindo]]
| director = [[Kaneto Shindō]]
| producer = Toshio Itoya<br>Tengo Yamada<br>Setsuo Noto
| producer = Toshio Itoya<br />Tengo Yamada<br />Setsuo Noto
| writer = Kaneto Shindo
| writer = Kaneto Shindō
| starring = [[Nobuko Otowa]]<br>[[Jun Hamamura]]<br>[[Ichirō Sugai]]<br>[[Sanae Takasugi]]<br>[[Taiji Tonoyama]]
| starring = [[Nobuko Otowa]]<br />[[Jun Hamamura]]<br />[[Ichirō Sugai]]<br />[[Sanae Takasugi]]<br />[[Taiji Tonoyama]]
| music = [[Akira Ifukube]]
| music = [[Akira Ifukube]]
| cinematography = Takeo Itō
| cinematography = Takeo Itō
| editing = Zenju Imaizumi
| editing = Zenju Imaizumi
| distributor =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1955|7|3|df=yes|Japan|ref1=<ref name="kj">{{cite web |url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=24323 |title=狼 |website=Kinenote |language=Japanese |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="jmdb">{{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1955/ce002410.htm |title=狼 |website=Japanese Movie Database |language=Japanese |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>}}
| released = {{Film date|1955|7|3|df=yes}}
| runtime = 127 minutes
| runtime = 127 minutes
| country = Japan
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{{nihongo|'''''Wolf'''''|狼|Okami}} is a 1955 Japanese [[Crime film|crime]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Kaneto Shindo]].<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film254627.htm |title=Wolf |accessdate=2 June 2012 |work=Complete Index to World Film | date=2 June 2012}}</ref> Actor [[Taiji Tonoyama]], who appeared in many of Shindo's films, said that this was his favourite role of all of the director's films.<ref>{{100sainoryugi}}</ref> It was produced by Shindo's and Tonoyama's own production company [[Kindai Eiga Kyōkai]].
{{nihongo|'''''The Wolves (or Wolf)'''''|狼|Okami}} is a 1955 Japanese [[Crime film|crime]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Kaneto Shindō]].<ref name="kj" /><ref name="jmdb" />


==Plot==
==Plot==
After an [[opening sequence]] showing a group of people hijacking a post office truck, a [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]] of press coverage and police investigations, and the arrest of Akiko, one of the gang members, the film switches to a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback narration]] covering the preceding events: A group of 5 insurance salesmen and -women, already living under precarious social conditions and facing dismissal for not accomplishing the company's sales plan, decide to rob a post office money transport in their desperation. The coup is successful, but later the members of the group, titled "wolves" in the press, are caught one after another. The last to be arrested is Akiko, who needed the money for an operation on her disfigured son, and is already being expected by the police at the hospital where her son is treated.
After an [[opening sequence]] showing a group of people hijacking a post office truck, a [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]] of press coverage and police investigations, and the arrest of Akiko, one of the gang members, the film switches to a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback narration]] covering the preceding events: A group of 5 insurance salesmen and -women are facing dismissal for not accomplishing the company's sales plan, with all of them already living under precarious social conditions. War widows Akika and Fujibayashi have to raise their children on their own, Yoshikawa and Mikawa, one a hapless screenwriter, one a former car factory worker who lost his job after an accident, can hardly feed their families, and Harashima, a bank clerk fired for his [[Trade union|union]] activities, lives in an unhappy marriage with a wife who refuses to divorce him without severance. Out of desperation, they decide to rob a post office money transport on its daily route. The coup is successful, but later the members of the group, titled "wolves" in the press, are caught one after another. The last to be arrested is Akiko, who needed the money for an operation on her disfigured son, and is already being expected by the police at the hospital where her son is treated.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Masami Shimojō]]
* [[Masami Shimojō]]
* Tsutomu Shimomoto
* Tsutomu Shimomoto
* Kinzō Shin as Hideo Yamamoto
* [[Kinzō Shin]] as Hideo Yamamoto
* [[Kin Sugai]]
* [[Kin Sugai]]
* Yoshiko Tsubouchi
* Yoshiko Tsubouchi
* [[Eijirō Tōno]]
* [[Eijirō Tōno]]
* [[Jūkichi Uno]]
* [[Jūkichi Uno]]

==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 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmtv.it/post/31148/kaneto-shindo-sul-making-of-di-wolf-okami-1955/#rfr:film-77186 |title=Kaneto Shindo on the making of ''Wolf'' |date=18 March 2015 |website=filmtv.it |language=Italian |access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref> Tonoyama, who appeared in many of Shindō's films, later stated that this was his favourite role of all of the director's films.<ref>{{100sainoryugi}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0048443|Wolf}}
* {{IMDb title|0048443|Wolf}}

* {{jcdb title|5629|title=Wolf}}
{{Kaneto Shindo}}
{{Kaneto Shindo}}


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The Wolves
Japanese name
Kanji狼
Directed byKaneto Shindō
Written byKaneto Shindō
Produced byToshio Itoya
Tengo Yamada
Setsuo Noto
StarringNobuko Otowa
Jun Hamamura
Ichirō Sugai
Sanae Takasugi
Taiji Tonoyama
CinematographyTakeo Itō
Edited byZenju Imaizumi
Music byAkira Ifukube
Release date
  • 3 July 1955 (1955-07-03) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
127 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Wolves (or Wolf) (狼, Okami) is a 1955 Japanese crime drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.[1][2]

Plot

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After an opening sequence showing a group of people hijacking a post office truck, a montage of press coverage and police investigations, and the arrest of Akiko, one of the gang members, the film switches to a flashback narration covering the preceding events: A group of 5 insurance salesmen and -women are facing dismissal for not accomplishing the company's sales plan, with all of them already living under precarious social conditions. War widows Akika and Fujibayashi have to raise their children on their own, Yoshikawa and Mikawa, one a hapless screenwriter, one a former car factory worker who lost his job after an accident, can hardly feed their families, and Harashima, a bank clerk fired for his union activities, lives in an unhappy marriage with a wife who refuses to divorce him without severance. Out of desperation, they decide to rob a post office money transport on its daily route. The coup is successful, but later the members of the group, titled "wolves" in the press, are caught one after another. The last to be arrested is Akiko, who needed the money for an operation on her disfigured son, and is already being expected by the police at the hospital where her son is treated.

Cast

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Production

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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 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

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  1. ^ a b "狼". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "狼". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Kaneto Shindo on the making of Wolf". filmtv.it (in Italian). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Shindo, Kaneto (2012). Nagase, Hiroko (ed.). 100 sai no ryugi [The Centenarian's Way] (in Japanese). PHP. ISBN 978-4-569-80434-7.
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