The Blood of Wolves

The Blood of Wolves
Directed by	Kazuya Shiraishi
Produced by	Kazuto Amano
Screenplay by	Jun'ya Ikegami
Based on	Korō no Chi by Yūko Yuzuki
Starring	Kōji Yakusho Tori Matsuzaka Yōko Maki Junko Abe Tomoya Nakamura Takuma Oto'o Pierre Taki Yutaka Takenouchi Renji Ishibashi Yōsuke Eguchi
Narrated by	Issei Futamata
Music by	Gorō Yasukawa
Edited by	Hitomi Katō
Distributed by	Toei
Release dates	May 12, 2018 (2018-05-12)
Running time	126 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$5,908,700

The Blood of Wolves (孤狼の血, Korō no Chi) is a 2018 Japanese crime and yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi.

Plot

1988, Hiroshima, Japan. Shūichi Hioka (Tori Matsuzaka) gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Shōgo Ōgami (Kōji Yakusho), a detective rumored to have mob ties, and he is put in charge of the missing person case for an employee at a yakuza-affiliated finance company. Hioka confronts ruthless gang thugs while harboring doubts about the law-breaking Ogami.

Cast

East Kurehara Police

• Kōji Yakusho as Shōgo Ōgami
• Tori Matsuzaka as Shūichi Hioka
• Kenichi Yajima
• Tomorowo Taguchi

Hiroshima Prefectural Police

• Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga

Odani-gumi

• Yōsuke Eguchi as Moritaka Ichinose
• Goro Ibuki as Kenji Odani
• Tomoya Nakamura as Kyōji
• Taketo Tanaka as Takashi

Irako-kai

• Renji Ishibashi as Shōhei Irako

Kakomura-gumi

• Kyūsaku Shimada as Kakomura
• Yutaka Takenouchi as Nozaki
• Takuma Oto'o as Yoshida
• Katsuya as "Sekitori"

Takii-gumi

• Pierre Taki as Ginji Takii

Aki Shimbun

• Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka

Others

• Yōko Maki as Rikako Takagi
• Junko Abe as Momoko Okada
• Taro Suruga as Jirō Uesawa
• Megumi as Junko Uesawa
• Joey Iwanaga as Daiki Zenda

Awards

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
43rd Hochi Film Awards	Best Picture	The Blood of Wolves	Won
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Yōko Maki	Nominated
31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Best Film	The Blood of Wolves	Nominated
	Yūjirō Ishihara Award		Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Won
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Yōko Maki	Nominated
40th Yokohama Film Festival	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
73rd Mainichi Film Awards	Best Film	The Blood of Wolves	Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Nominated
	Best Sound Recording	Kazuharu Urata	Nominated
92nd Kinema Junpo Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
61st Blue Ribbon Awards	Best Film	The Blood of Wolves	Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Won
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
28th Tokyo Sports Film Award	Best Film	The Blood of Wolves	Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Yōko Maki	Nominated
14th Osaka Cinema Festival	Best Film	The Blood of Wolves	Won
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Won
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Junko Abe	Won
42nd Japan Academy Prize	Picture of the Year	The Blood of Wolves	Nominated
	Best Director	Kazuya Shiraishi	Nominated
	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Tori Matsuzaka	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Yōko Maki	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Jun'ya Ikegami	Nominated
	Best Music	Gorō Yasukawa	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Takahiro Haibara	Nominated
	Best Lighting Direction	Minoru Kawai	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	Tsutomu Imamura	Won
	Best Sound Recording	Kazuharu Urata	Won
	Best Film Editing	Hitomi Katō	Nominated
13th Asian Film Awards	Best Actor	Kōji Yakusho	Won

Sequel

• Last of the Wolves (2021)

See also

• Cops vs. Thugs (1975 film)

External links

• Official website
• The Blood of Wolves at IMDb