The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

1979 Japanese film
  • 1979 (1979)
CountryJapanBox office¥1.042 billion (distributor rentals)[1]

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (Japanese: 蘇る金狼, Hepburn: Yomigaeru Kinrō) is a 1979 Japanese crime thriller film based on a novel by Haruhiko Oyabu.[2] It stars Yūsaku Matsuda as a criminal who disguises himself as a salaryman, and Jun Fubuki as his girlfriend. It was directed by Toru Murakawa.

Plot

Tetsuya Asakura, a mild-mannered accountant works for an oil company by day and as a bank-robbing assassin by night. Hell-bent on bringing his corporation down, he finds he's not the only one as another criminal blackmails the top officials from the corporation. As loyalties are tested and double-crossed, Asakura soon finds himself in a deadly battle with the mafia.

Cast

  • Yūsaku Matsuda as Tetsuya Asakura
  • Jun Fubuki
  • Kei Satō
  • Koichi Iwaki
  • Kyosuke Machida
  • Asao Koike
  • Mikio Narita
  • Yutaka Nakajima
  • Sonny Chiba as Mitsuhiko Sakurai
  • Kimie Shingyoji as Eriko Shimizu

References

  1. ^ Yusuke Nakagawa [in Japanese] (2014). "資料編 角川映画作品データ 1976-1993". 角川映画 1976‐1986 日本を変えた10年 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Magazines. p. 281. ISBN 978-4-047-31905-9.
  2. ^ "特集 「蘇える金狼」" [Yomigaeru Kinro Special]. Kinema Jumpo (in Japanese): 15–18, 73–98. August 1979.
  • The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf at IMDb
  • Kinema Jumpo database entry


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