Last of the Wolves
{{Infobox film
| name = Last of the Wolves
| image = Last Of The Wolves.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese
| kanji = 孤狼の血 LEVEL2}}
| director = Kazuya Shiraishi{{cite web|url= https://eiga.com/movie/94173/|title= 孤狼の血 LEVEL2|accessdate= July 10, 2021|work= eiga.com|archive-date= April 2, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240402045058/https://eiga.com/movie/94173/|url-status= live}}
| producer = Kazuto Amano
| writer =
| screenplay = Jun'ya Ikegami
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|Korō no Chi|Yūko Yuzuki}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
}}
| narrator =
| music = Gorō Yasukawa
| cinematography = Kōhei Katō
| editing = Hitomi Katō
| studio =
| distributor = Toei
| released = {{film date|2021|8|20}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
| gross =
}}
{{Nihongo|Last of the Wolves|孤狼の血 LEVEL2|Korō no Chi Level 2|lead=yes}} is a 2021 Japanese crime yakuza thriller film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Tori Matsuzaka and Ryohei Suzuki.{{cite web|url= https://filmsadviser.com/titles/165297/last-of-the-wolves|title= Last of the Wolves (2021)|accessdate= July 10, 2021|work= Films Adviser}}{{dead link|date=November 2024}} It is a sequel to the 2018 film The Blood of Wolves.{{cite web|url= https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/film/last-of-the-wolves/?IDLYT=7505|title= LAST OF THE WOLVES|accessdate= July 10, 2021|work= Far East Film Festival|archive-date= July 10, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210710124606/https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/film/last-of-the-wolves/?IDLYT=7505|url-status= live}}
Premise
In the early 1990s, a young detective Shūichi Hioka controls the yakuza in Hiroshima, but the situation completely changes when Shigehiro Uebayashi is released from prison.
Cast
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- Tori Matsuzaka as Shūichi Hioka
- Ryohei Suzuki as Shigehiro Uebayashi
- Nijirō Murakami as Kōta "Chinta" Chikada
- Nanase Nishino as Mao Chikada
- Takuma Oto'o as Shigeru Yoshida
- Taichi Saotome as Masaru Hanada
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Yukio Amagi
- Katsuya Maiguma as Masatoshi Saeki
- Miwako Kakei as Chiaki Kanbara
- Sho Aoyagi as Ken'ichi Kanbara
- Kenichi Yajima as Keiji Tomotake
- Hiroki Miyake as Satoru Nakagami
- Yoshiko Miyazaki as Yuriko Seshima
- Ryuji Sainei as Kikuchi
- Ryūji Bando{{cite web|url= https://www.crank-in.net/news/89683/1|title= 元サッカー日本代表・播戸竜二『孤狼の血2』で俳優デビュー "賭場"で真剣勝負|accessdate= July 10, 2021|work= Crank-in!|date= 18 May 2021|archive-date= 10 July 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210710130108/https://www.crank-in.net/news/89683/1|url-status= live}}
- Yumiko Udo
- Rairu Sugita
- Issei Okihara as Arihara
- Urara Anryū as Kakutani's wife
- Motohiro Oguri as Tokura
- Takumi Saitoh as Yūma Tachibana
- Nakamura Baijaku II as Takayuki Seshima
- Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga
- Susumu Terajima as Yōji Kakutani
- Takashi Ukaji as Akira Mizoguchi
- Rino Katase as Tamaki Irako
- Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka
- Kōtarō Yoshida as Yōzō Watafune
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Accolades
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|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
|-
| rowspan="5"|46th Hochi Film Awards
| Best Picture
| Last of the Wolves
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Director
| Kazuya Shiraishi
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actor
| Tori Matsuzaka
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Nanase Nishino
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"|34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards
| Last of the Wolves
| {{nom}}
|-
| Tori Matsuzaka
| {{nom}}
|-
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|43rd Yokohama Film Festival
| Best Actor
| Tori Matsuzaka
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|76th Mainichi Film Awards
| rowspan="2"| Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{nom}}
|-
| Nijiro Murakami
| {{nom}}
|-
| Tsutomu Imamura
| {{nom}}
|-
| Kazuharu Urata
| {{won}}
|-
| 95th Kinema Junpo Awards
| Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| 17th Osaka Cinema Festival
| Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"|64th Blue Ribbon Awards
| Last of the Wolves
| {{won}}
|-
| Kazuya Shiraishi
| {{nom}}
|-
| Tori Matsuzaka
| {{nom}}
|-
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="14"|45th Japan Academy Film Prize
| Last of the Wolves
| {{nom}}
|-
| Kazuya Shiraishi
| {{nom}}
|-
| Tori Matsuzaka
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| Nijiro Murakami
| {{nom}}
|-
| Nanase Nishino
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Screenplay
| Jun'ya Ikegami
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Music
| Gorō Yasukawa
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Cinematography
| Kohei Kato
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Lighting Direction
| Minoru Kawai
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Art Direction
| Tsutomu Imamura
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Sound Recording
| Kazuharu Urata
| {{nom}}
|-
| Hitomi Katō
| {{nom}}
|-
| Newcomer of the Year
| Nanase Nishino
| {{won}}
|-
| 31st Japan Movie Critics Awards
| Best Supporting Actor
| Ryohei Suzuki
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 75th MPTE- Imaging Technology Awards
| Best Cinematography
| Kohei Kato
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Lighting Direction
| Minoru Kawai
| {{won}}
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|13514232}}
{{Kazuya Shiraishi}}
{{Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film}}
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Category:2020s Japanese-language films
Category:2021 crime drama films
Category:2021 crime thriller films
Category:Films based on Japanese novels
Category:Films directed by Kazuya Shiraishi
Category:Films set in the 1990s
Category:Japanese crime drama films
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