| The Blood of Wolves | |||
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| Director: | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Producer: | Kazuto Amano | ||
| Screenplay: | Jun'ya Ikegami | ||
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| Narrator: | Issei Futamata | ||
| Music: | Gorō Yasukawa | ||
| Editing: | Hitomi Katō | ||
| Distributor: | Toei | ||
| Runtime: | 126 minutes | ||
| Country: | Japan | ||
| Language: | Japanese | ||
| Gross: | $5,908,700[1] | ||
is a 2018 Japanese crime yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Koji Yakusho and Tori Matsuzaka.[2] [3] The 2021 film Last of The Wolves was released as a sequel to this film.
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.
| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43rd Hochi Film Awards | Best Picture | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | ||
| 31st Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Yūjirō Ishihara Award | |||
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Yōko Maki | |||
| 40th Yokohama Film Festival | Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| 73rd Mainichi Film Awards | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| Best Sound Recording | Kazuharu Urata | ||
| 92nd Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | |
| 61st Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| 28th Tokyo Sports Film Award | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | ||
| 14th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Film | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Junko Abe | ||
| 42nd Japan Academy Prize | Picture of the Year | The Blood of Wolves | |
| Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | ||
| Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Yōko Maki | ||
| Best Screenplay | Jun'ya Ikegami | ||
| Best Music | Gorō Yasukawa | ||
| Best Cinematography | Takahiro Haibara | ||
| Best Lighting Direction | Minoru Kawai | ||
| Best Art Direction | Tsutomu Imamura | ||
| Best Sound Recording | Kazuharu Urata | ||
| Best Film Editing | Hitomi Katō | ||
| 13th Asian Film Awards | Best Actor | Kōji Yakusho | |