The Blood of Wolves

The Blood of Wolves (孤狼の血, Korō no Chi) is a 2018 Japanese crime yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Koji Yakusho and Tori Matsuzaka.^[2][3] The 2021 film Last of The Wolves was released as a sequel to this film.

Premise

1988, Hiroshima, Japan. Shūichi Hioka (Tori Matsuzaka) gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Shōgo Ōgami (Kōji Yakusho), a detective rumored to have mob ties, and he is put in charge of the missing person case for an employee at a yakuza-affiliated finance company. Hioka confronts ruthless gang thugs while harboring doubts about the law-breaking Ogami.

Cast

East Kurehara Police

• Kōji Yakusho as Shōgo Ōgami
• Tori Matsuzaka as Shūichi Hioka
• Kenichi Yajima
• Tomorowo Taguchi

Hiroshima Prefectural Police

• Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga

Odani-gumi

• Yōsuke Eguchi as Moritaka Ichinose
• Goro Ibuki as Kenji Odani
• Tomoya Nakamura as Kyōji
• Taketo Tanaka as Takashi

Irako-kai

• Renji Ishibashi as Shōhei Irako

Kakomura-gumi

• Kyūsaku Shimada as Kakomura
• Yutaka Takenouchi as Nozaki
• Takuma Otoo as Yoshida
• Katsuya as "Sekitori"

Takii-gumi

• Pierre Taki as Ginji Takii

Aki Shimbun

• Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka

Others

• Yōko Maki as Rikako Takagi
• Junko Abe as Momoko Okada
• Taro Suruga as Jirō Uesawa
• Megumi as Junko Uesawa
• Joey Iwanaga as Daiki Zenda

Accolades

Sequel

• Last of the Wolves (2021)

See also

• Cops vs. Thugs (1975 film)

References

1. ^ "The Blood of Wolves Box Office Mojo listing". Box Office Mojo. Archived September 15, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
2. ^ "孤狼の血". eiga.com. Archived May 9, 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
3. ^ "'The Blood of Wolves': Old-school yakuza thrills are back". japantimes. 9 May 2018. Archived 4 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• The Blood of Wolves at IMDb