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The Blood of Wolves

Original title: Korô no chi
  • 20182018
  • RR
  • 2h 6m
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7.0/10
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The Blood of Wolves (2018)
Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent and should be illegal.
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Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shootin... Read allHiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has ... Read allHiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent... Read all
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
35,541
5,338
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    • Director
      • Kazuya Shiraishi
    • Writers
      • Yûko Yuzuki(based on the novel by)
      • Jun'ya Ikegami(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Junko Abe
      • Yôsuke Eguchi
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    • Director
      • Kazuya Shiraishi
    • Writers
      • Yûko Yuzuki(based on the novel by)
      • Jun'ya Ikegami(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Junko Abe
      • Yôsuke Eguchi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 13 nominations

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    Kôji Yakusho
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    • Shogo Ogami
    Junko Abe
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    • Momoko Okada
    Yôsuke Eguchi
    Yôsuke Eguchi
    • Moritaka Ichinose
    Gorô Ibuki
    Gorô Ibuki
    • Kenji Otani
    Hajime Inoue
    • Tsuneo Iwamoto
    Renji Ishibashi
    Renji Ishibashi
    • Shohei Ikago
    Joey Iwanaga
    • Daiki Zenda
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    • Hiroyuki Nawashiro
    Takahiro Kuroishi
    • Yasunori Kanemura
    Marie Machida
    • Yoko Takii
    Yôko Maki
    Yôko Maki
    • Rikako Takagi
    Tôri Matsuzaka
    Tôri Matsuzaka
    • Shuichi Hioka
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    • Junko Uewase
    Shidô Nakamura
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    • Takafumi Takasaka
    Tomoya Nakamura
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    • Kyoji Nagakawa
    Shun Nakayama
    • Keisuke Yoshihara
    Takamitsu Nonaka
    • Yoshiki Bizen
    Issei Okihara
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    • Director
      • Kazuya Shiraishi
    • Writers
      • Yûko Yuzuki(based on the novel by)
      • Jun'ya Ikegami(screenplay)
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    Storyline: Yakuza movie so it involved killing and fight for turf. High ranking people entangled with yakuza. The conflict, action are more than good.

    Give you the idea of how yakuza and police works.
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    • Release date
      • May 12, 2018 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 孤狼之血
    • Production company
      • Toei Tokyo Movie Studios
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,908,700
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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