| The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf | |
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| Directed by | Toru Murakawa |
| Written by | Shuichi Nagahara (screenplay) Haruhiko Oyabu (novel) |
| Starring | Sonny Chiba Yūsaku Matsuda Jun Fubuki |
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| Country | Japan |
| Box 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[edit]
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[edit]
- Yūsaku Matsuda as Tetsuya Asakura
- Jun Fubuki
- Kei Satō
- Koichi Iwaki
- Kyosuke Machida
- Asao Koike
- Mikio Narita
- Yutaka Nakajima
- Sonny Chiba
- Kimie Shingyoji as Eriko Shimizu
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "特集 「蘇える金狼」" [Yomigaeru Kinro Special]. Kinema Jumpo (in Japanese): 15–18, 73–98. August 1979.
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