Wolves, Pigs and People

1964 [JAPANESE]

Action / Crime / Drama

2
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 344 344

Plot summary

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.

Director

Top cast

Kôji Miemachi as Iwasaki's henchman
Renji Ishibashi as Hiroshi
Rentarô Mikuni as Ichirô, eldest brother
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874.81 MB
1280*536
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 2
1.59 GB
1920*804
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles jp  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by searchanddestroy-1

In Japanese favellas

This is a very underrated Kinji Fukasaku's gangster film, but made from a social point of view, not the yakuza style that Fukasaku will used one decade later, all built, edited on the same scheme. Here, nothing of the kind. It is a pure unknown gem from this great director, who precisely wanted to break the usual Toei productions standards; only the blues and downbeat atmosphere remains. I really love this movie, very poignant, gripping and complex character study. This three brother story is purely awesome, dark, bleak, a flawless Japanese film noir for me.
Reviewed by rodental 8 / 10

Fine gangster movie

A finely crafted gangster film about three brothers, each with his own relationship to a powerful crime syndicate, and a heist the middle brother plans on that syndicate. The story and plot easily bears comparison with any in modern movies with a similar theme. Even the two song-and-dance numbers make sense, in that they serve to characterise the younger brother's gang as youthful and naive. Well worth seeing - even if you don't speak Japanese.
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