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The Wolves
The Wolves

The Wolves

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DramaCrime

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

127 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

03 July 1955

Country

Japan

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Sanae Takasugi

Sanae Takasugi

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Masao Mishima

Masao Mishima

Yasushi Nagata

Yasushi Nagata

Kō Mihashi

Kō Mihashi

Kinzō Shin

Kinzō Shin

Miwa Saitō

Miwa Saitō

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tanie Kitabayashi

Takashi Kanda

Takashi Kanda

Shojiro Ogasawara

Shojiro Ogasawara

Masanori Takeda

Masanori Takeda

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Mutsuhiko Tsurumaru

Yuriko Hanabusa

Yuriko Hanabusa

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Yumi Takano

Yumi Takano

Tomoko Naraoka

Tomoko Naraoka

Sumie Sasaki

Sumie Sasaki

Akitake Kōno

Akitake Kōno

Shin Date

Shin Date

Nobumitsu Mochizuki

Nobumitsu Mochizuki

Hiroshi Kondō

Hiroshi Kondō

Kan Yanagiya

Kan Yanagiya

Bokuzen Hidari

Bokuzen Hidari

Masami Shimojō

Masami Shimojō

Hatae Kishi

Hatae Kishi

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