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crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...

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yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the ter ...

film. It is a sequel to the 2018 film ''

The Blood of Wolves is a 2018 Japanese crime and yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi. Plot 1988, Hiroshima, Japan. Shūichi Hioka ( Tori Matsuzaka) gets assigned to the second investigative unit under Shōgo Ōgami (Kōji Yakusho), a detective rumored to have m ...

''.

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

Tori Matsuzaka is a Japanese actor and model. He debuted as Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.'' Since then, he has appeared in several television shows and films. Personal life On December 10, 2020, Matsuzaka married actress Erika Tod ...

as Shūichi Hioka *

Ryohei Suzuki is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency Horipro. Early life He graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with a Bachelor's degree in English Studies in March 2006. When he was a student, he worked part-time in NHK ...

as Shigehiro Uebayashi * Nijirō Murakami as Kōta "Chinta" Chikada *

Nanase Nishino is a Japanese actress, model, television host, and former member of Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. Her lead roles in TV and film have included Asahi Tōjima in ''Asahinagu'' and Ai Amano in '' Denei Shojo: Video Girl Ai 2018''. She co-host ...

as Mao Chikada *Takuma Oto'o as Shigeru Yoshida *

Taichi Saotome , also known as , is a Japanese actor and singer. He played young men and onnagata roles of women. Biography His father is the head of the theatre troupe ''Gekidan Sujaku''. Saotome performed in '' taishū engeki''. A "female impersonator", he ...

as Masaru Hanada *

Kiyohiko Shibukawa is a Japanese fashion model actor. He debuted as a model under the name Kee, but changed his name to "Kiyohiko Shibukawa" in 2006. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1998. Selected filmography Film Television Awards See also *Nan ...

as Yukio Amagi *Katsuya Maiguma as Masatoshi Saeki *

Miwako Kakei Miwako (written: 美和子, 三和子 or 実和子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actress *, Japanese model, actress and television personality *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese synchronized swi ...

as Chiaki Kanbara *

Sho Aoyagi is a Japanese actor who is represented by the talent agency, LDH. He is a member of Gekidan Exile. Life and career In 2006, Aoyagi participated in ''Vocal Battle Audition''. He was defeated in the secondary examination and was later invited to t ...

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 * 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 , better known as , is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. *Great-gra ...

as Takayuki Seshima *

Kenichi Takitō is a Japanese actor. Career Takitō belonged to Tatsuya Nakadai's acting academy and theater troupe Mumeijuku from 1998 to 2007. Filmography Films *'' Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.'' (2003) *'' Climber's High'' (2009) – Shusaku Kanzawa *'' Fish S ...

as Daisuke Saga * Susumu Terajima as Yōji Kakutani * Takashi Ukaji as Akira Mizoguchi * Rino Katase as Tamaki Irako *

Nakamura Shidō II , better known by the stage name , is a Japanese kabuki and film actor. Life Born in Tokyo, the son of kabuki actor Nakamura Shidō I, young Nakamura made his kabuki debut at the age of eight. He took the name Shidō the following year, following ...

as Takafumi Kōsaka * Kōtarō Yoshida as Yōzō Watafune

Awards

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Hochi Film Award The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun , previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day. It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''. ...

s , Best Picture , ''Last of the Wolves'' , , - , Best Director , Kazuya Shiraishi , , - , Best Actor , Tori Matsuzaka , , - , Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , Best Supporting Actress , Nanase Nishino , , - , rowspan="3", 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards ,

Best Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

, ''Last of the Wolves'' , , - , Best Actor , Tori Matsuzaka , , - , Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , rowspan="2", 43rd Yokohama Film Festival , Best Actor , Tori Matsuzaka , , - , Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , rowspan="4", 76th

Mainichi Film Awards The are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan. History The origins of the contest date back to 193 ...

, rowspan="2", Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , Nijiro Murakami , , - , Best Art Direction , Tsutomu Imamura , , - , Best Sound Recording , Kazuharu Urata , , - , 95th

Kinema Junpo Awards , commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' ha ...

, Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , 17th Osaka Cinema Festival , Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , rowspan="4", 64th

Blue Ribbon Awards The are film-specific prizes awarded solely by movie critics and writers in Tokyo, Japan. The awards were established in 1950 by which is composed of film correspondents from seven Tokyo-based sports newspapers. In 1961, the six major Japanes ...

, ''Last of the Wolves'' , , - , Best Director , Kazuya Shiraishi , , - , Best Actor , Tori Matsuzaka , , - , Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , rowspan="14", 45th Japan Academy Film Prize , Picture of the Year , ''Last of the Wolves'' , , - , Best Director , Kazuya Shiraishi , , - , Best Actor , Tori Matsuzaka , , - , rowspan="2" , Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , Nijiro Murakami , , - , Best Supporting Actress , Nanase Nishino , , - , Best Screenplay , Jun'ya Ikegami , , - , Best Music , Gorō Yasukawa , , - , Best Cinematography , Kohei Kato , , - , Best Lighting Direction , Minoru Kawai , , - , Best Art Direction , Tsutomu Imamura , , - , Best Sound Recording , Kazuharu Urata , , - , Best Film Editing , Hitomi Katō , , - , Newcomer of the Year , Nanase Nishino , , - , 31st

Japan Movie Critics Awards are presented annually since 1991. As with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, the selection committee consists of film critics. Award winners 1990s 1991 (1st Japanese Movie Critics Awards ...

, Best Supporting Actor , Ryohei Suzuki , , - , rowspan="2" , 75th MPTE- Imaging Technology Awards , Best Cinematography , Kohei Kato , , - , Best Lighting Direction , Minoru Kawai ,

References

External links

* 2021 crime films 2021 drama films 2021 crime drama films 2020s Japanese films 2020s Japanese-language films Films based on Japanese novels Films directed by Kazuya Shiraishi Films set in the 1990s Japanese crime drama films Toei Company films Yakuza films {{Japan-film-stub