The Wolves (1971 film)
The Wolves (出所祝い, Shussho iwai) (literally: Celebration of a Prisoner's Release) is a 1971 Japanese crime film directed by Hideo Gosha.[2]
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| Directed by | Hideo Gosha |
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| Music by | Masaru Sato[1] |
| Cinematography | Kozo Okazaki[1] |
| Edited by | Michio Suwa[1] |
Production company | Tokyo Eiga[1] |
| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 130 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
Release
The film was released theatrically in Japan on 30 October 1971 by Toho.[1] The film was released by Toho International in the United States with English subtitles on 7 June 1972.[1]
Reception
Vincent Canby of the New York Times reviewed the film in 1982, describing it as "a rather enjoyable if often mysterious and esoteric entertainment for someone coming upon the genre for the first time."[3] Canby concluded that the film was "resolutely sentimental and picturesque" and "a most peculiar mixture of stylized prettiness and blood and gore, which is, I suspect, the film's main purpose" and "makes a feeble stab at social criticism" and that a viewer may "not understand everything that's going on in The Wolves, but I doubt that you'll be bored."[3] Time Out declared that, while "Hideo Gosha is virtually unknown in the West", The Wolves is "a yakuza movie in a class of its own" and "a stunningly realised thriller", concluding that "Gosha's muscular, Expressionist colour imagery blazes through the screen."[4]
See also
Footnotes
- Galbraith IV 2008, p. 278.
- Stuart Galbraith IV -The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography 1461673747 2008 Shussho iwai (“Celebration of a Prisoners Release”) [The Wolves] Producers, Sanezumi Fujimoto, Eiji Shiino, ... Hideo Gosha; Screenplay, Kei Tasaka and Hideo Gosha;
- Canby, Vincent (31 August 1982). "Japanese 'Wolves'". New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- "The Wolves". Time Out. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
References
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)