Wolves, Pigs and Men

Wolves, Pigs and Men
Movie · Crime · Drama

Three brothers, Kuroki, Jirō, and Sabu, find themselves pitted against each other as rivals in the underground world of the Yakuza. Jirō, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, plots to rob Sabu and his gang, stealing 20 million yen. However, when Kuroki learns of Jirō’s scheme, he journeys to track down his brothers and take the money for his own rival gang. "A ferocious, dynamic yakuza thriller" (Los Angeles Times) directed by Kinji Fukasaku, (Battle Royale, Violent Panic: The Big Crash) Wolves, Pigs and Men captures the darkness and brutality of the criminal underworld. With elements of French New Wave, film noir, and music by Isao Tomita, Wolves, Pigs and Men is a gritty, uncompromising work that established Fukasaku as a master of the Yakuza genre.

1964 · 1h 35m
Starring Ken Takakura , Kin'ya Kitaôji, Jiro Okazaki
Director Kinji Fukasaku

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Cast & Crew

  • Ken Takakura 
    Jiro
  • Kin'ya Kitaôji
    Sabu
  • J‌O
    Jiro Okazaki
    Takeji
  • Hiroko Shima
    Mako
  • S‌K
    Shunji Kasuga
    Nishimura
  • S‌S
    Shôken Sawa
    Iwasaki
  • S‌S
    Seiichi Shisui
    Akira
  • S‌E
    Seiji Echizenya
    Isao
  • M‌S
    Masa Suganuma
    Noda
  • Kinji Fukasaku
    Director
  • J‌S
    Junya Sato
    Writer

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Wolves, Pigs and Men

Crime

Three brothers, Kuroki, Jirō, and Sabu, find themselves pitted against each other as rivals in the underground world of the Yakuza. Jirō, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, plots to rob Sabu and his gang, stealing 20 million yen. However, when Kuroki learns of Jirō’s scheme, he journeys to track down his brothers and take the money for his own rival gang. "A ferocious, dynamic yakuza thriller" (Los Angeles Times) directed by Kinji Fukasaku, (Battle Royale, Violent Panic: The Big Crash) Wolves, Pigs and Men captures the darkness and brutality of the criminal underworld. With elements of French New Wave, film noir, and music by Isao Tomita, Wolves, Pigs and Men is a gritty, uncompromising work that established Fukasaku as a master of the Yakuza genre.

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Studio
Film Movement
Released
1964
Run Time
1 hr 35 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
Japan
© 2024 Film Movement

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