The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTōru Murakawa
Screenplay byHideichi Nagahara[1]
Based onYomigaeru Kinrō
by Haruhiko Oyabu
StarringYūsaku Matsuda
Jun Fubuki
Sonny Chiba
CinematographySeizō Sengen
Edited byAkira Suzuki
Distributed byToei Company[1]
Release date
  • August 25, 1979 (1979-08-25) (Japan)
[1]
Running time
131 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥1.042 billion (distributor rentals)[2]

The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (Japanese: 蘇る金狼, Hepburn: Yomigaeru Kinrō) is a 1979 Japanese crime thriller film directed by Tōru Murakawa, based on a novel of the same name by Haruhiko Oyabu.[3] It stars Yūsaku Matsuda as a criminal who disguises himself as a salaryman, and Jun Fubuki as his girlfriend. The film was theatrically released by Toei Company on August 25, 1979, in Japan.[1]

Plot

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.

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "The Resurrected Golden Wolf (1979)". eiga.com. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  2. ^ Yusuke Nakagawa [in Japanese] (2014). "資料編 角川映画作品データ 1976-1993". 角川映画 1976‐1986 日本を変えた10年 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Magazines. p. 281. ISBN 978-4-047-31905-9.
  3. ^ "特集 「蘇える金狼」" [Yomigaeru Kinro Special]. Kinema Jumpo (in Japanese): 15–18, 73–98. August 1979.