Drama ·Crime · Japan · 1955 · 2h 7m

The Wolves

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Director

Cast

Nobuko Otowa as Sanae Takasugi as Taiji Tonoyama as Jun Hamamura as Ichirō Sugai as Jūkichi Uno as

Crew

Takeo Itō — Director of Photography Zenju Imaizumi — Editor Akira Ifukube — Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

post war japan armed robbery

Key Collaborators

Kaneto Shindō Director Takeo Itō Director of Photography Zenju Imaizumi Editor Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer Kaneto Shindō Screenplay

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