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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

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The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Directed byToru Murakawa
Written byShuichi Nagahara (screenplay)
Haruhiko Oyabu (novel)
StarringSonny Chiba
Yūsaku Matsuda
Jun Fubuki
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
CountryJapan
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "特集 「蘇える金狼」" [Yomigaeru Kinro Special]. Kinema Jumpo (in Japanese): 15–18, 73–98. August 1979.
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