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.
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.