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Korô no chi

  • 2018
  • 16
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.8K
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Korô no chi (2018)
Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent and should be illegal.
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Hiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shootin... Read allHiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has ... Read allHiroshima Police detective Ogami Shogo and his partner Hioka Shuichi are investigating the disappearance of a company's employees amidst an escalating yakuza turf war in 1988. Blood, shooting and death is everywhere. At the same time, there is a suspicion that the former man has his own ties to the thugs. Certainly many of his methods and actions are thuggish, violent... Read all

  • Director
    • Kazuya Shiraishi
  • Writers
    • Yûko Yuzuki
    • Jun'ya Ikegami
  • Stars
    • Kôji Yakusho
    • Junko Abe
    • Yôsuke Eguchi
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.8K
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    • Director
      • Kazuya Shiraishi
    • Writers
      • Yûko Yuzuki
      • Jun'ya Ikegami
    • Stars
      • Kôji Yakusho
      • Junko Abe
      • Yôsuke Eguchi
    • 11User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Kôji Yakusho
    Kôji Yakusho
    • Shogo Ogami
    Junko Abe
    Junko Abe
    • Momoko Okada
    Yôsuke Eguchi
    Yôsuke Eguchi
    • Moritaka Ichinose
    Gorô Ibuki
    Gorô Ibuki
    • Kenji Odani
    Hajime Inoue
    • Tsuneo Iwamoto
    Renji Ishibashi
    Renji Ishibashi
    • Shohei Irako
    Joey Iwanaga
    • Daiki Zenda
    Takahiro Kuroishi
    • Yasunori Kanemura
    Marie Machida
    • Yoko Takii
    Yôko Maki
    Yôko Maki
    • Rikako Takagi
    Tôri Matsuzaka
    Tôri Matsuzaka
    • Shuichi Hioka
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    • Junko Uewase
    Shidô Nakamura
    Shidô Nakamura
    • Takafumi Takasaka
    Tomoya Nakamura
    Tomoya Nakamura
    • Kyoji Nagakawa
    Shun Nakayama
    • Keisuke Yoshihara
    Takamitsu Nonaka
    • Yoshiki Bizen
    Issei Okihara
    • Arihara
    Takuma Otoo
    • Shigeru Yoshida
    • Director
      • Kazuya Shiraishi
    • Writers
      • Yûko Yuzuki
      • Jun'ya Ikegami
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    User reviews11

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    6mister_bateman

    Cool Japanese 80's Noir

    I would describe this movie as a film noir with an 80's aesthetic, which is a pretty cool mix. The story kind of reminded me of Training Day at times - young detective who wants to do everything by the book meets jaded old cop who shows him that the lines between good and evil are much more blurred than they teach you at school. There is lots of gore and also some very humorous scenes, but the overall plot could have been a bit more creative. It's basically just a typical yakuza story about two rival gangs with cops in the middle trying to prevent a war, nothing really new.
    7kluseba

    Back to the V-Cinema style of yakuza movies in the mid-nineties

    Korô no chi, internationally known as The Blood of Wolves, is a brutal gangster movie reminding of the Japanese V-Cinema era in the mid-nineties. This type of movie could have been made by prolific directors such as Mochizuki Rokuro, Miike Takashi or Kitano Takeshi.

    The story revolves around brutal, non-conformist, lone wolf police officer Ogami Shogo and his conformist, intellectual and naive partner Hioka Shuichi. They investigate the disapperance of an accountant in the late eighties. It soon turns out that the accountant was involved in a yakuza clan and tried to steal money. Ogami Shogo uses violence, menaces and connections to investigate while his partner Hioka Shuichi is shocked by such procedures and rather tries to make sure his partner will get suspended. However, the unusual team soon needs to cooperate in order to prevent a war between two yakuza clans and find out what really happened to the mob accountant.

    The greatest thing about the movie are the two conflicting lead characters and their fascinating relationship that evolves throughout the entertaining movie. The film convinces with grisly fights, dirty locations and cool one-liners. The plot comes around with a few surprises towards the end which explain how the different characters have become who they are.

    If you like brutal yakuza flicks of the eighties and nineties, you will certainly appreciate this nostalgic but entertaining movie. The Blood of Wolves takes its inspiration from movies such as Another Lonely Hitman, Shinjuku Triad Society and Hana-Bi. Genre fans will certainly find this movie thoroughly entertaining.
    7Pjtaylor-96-138044

    Where is the line?

    'The Blood Of Wolves (2018)' is inspired by films such as 'Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1973)' and 'Shinjoku Triad Society (1995)', focusing on a rookie policeman who is partnered with a seasoned yet morally grey detective and tasked with preventing a gang war from igniting between Hiroshima's two most prominent gangs. The thing is basically concerned mainly with trying to decipher what side the detective is really on. Throughout the piece, he does some truly inappropriate things - including straight-up torturing suspects - but he always seems to have the right intentions, despite taking cash from numerous criminals along the way. He's an enigma, for sure, and his abrasive personality actually makes it rather hard to root for him a lot of the time. That's why our perspective character is an important inclusion; he gives us somebody to get behind and care about straight away. The protagonist isn't as interesting as his callous counterpart, for sure, but he's a good way of examining him, of coming to appreciate just what he represents. The plot that they're placed in is pretty complicated, with plenty of faceless names and nameless faces to remember, but it does a good job of keeping you engaged in-the-moment and never feels confusing, as such. What it does feel, however, is long. The pacing isn't exactly slow, but so much happens over the course of the piece that it actually feels much longer than it is. Some of it could perhaps have been nipped and tucked ever-so-slightly to make for a more consistently propulsive affair. Still, the film isn't boring. It's an interesting an entertaining thriller that takes a few unexpected turns and has several moments of surprisingly wince-inducing violence. It isn't something that's likely to stick in your memory for all that long, but it's an enjoyable experience nevertheless. 7/10.
    7FounHUGO

    First-class performances

    Characters are exquisite, first-class performances, and each actor is very competent.
    8supermellowcali

    Well done Japanese style crime story

    I think the acting carried it. If you're not used to Japanese films it might seem a bit over the top, but that's a characteristic of the culture reflected in the film style. Overall this is a well-produced story with good characters. Side note: I didn't think the action was unrealistic-- as one reviewer commented -- but it puzzled me that so many cops and criminals were paralyzed with fear when confronted with a threat. That was the main flaw I noticed.

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    • Release date
      • May 12, 2018 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Blood of Wolves
    • Production company
      • Toei Tokyo Movie Studios
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,908,700
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 6m(126 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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