The Wolves

The Wolves

6.9IMDb Score
Released:1955-07-03
Duration:127 min
Country:Japan
Director:Kaneto Shindō
Actors:Nobuko Otowa, Sanae Takasugi, Taiji Tonoyama, Jun Hamamura, Ichirō Sugai
Production:Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Dokuritsu Eiga

Overview:

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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