Never Give Up (1978 film)
| Never Give Up | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jun'ya Satō |
| Screenplay by | Kōji Takada[1] |
| Based on | Proof of the Wild by Seiichi Morimura[1] |
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| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Kei Taguchi[1] |
| Cinematography | Shinsaku Himeda[1] |
| Edited by | Jun Nabeshima[1] |
| Music by | Yuji Ohno[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toei Company[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Never Give Up (Japanese: 野性の証明, Hepburn: Yasei no shōmei) is a 1978 Japanese thriller film, based on a novel by Seiichi Morimura.[1] It was directed by Junya Sato and produced by Haruki Kadokawa.[2][3][4] Toei Company released the film on October 7, 1978, in Japan.[1]
Plot
A girl survives a massacre of villagers by Japanese soldiers in a remote mountain village.[5]
Cast
- Ken Takakura as Takeshi Ajisawa
- Hiroko Yakushimaru as Yoriko Nagai
- Ryoko Nakano as Tomoko Ochi
- Rentarō Mikuni
- Hiroshi Tachi as Naruaki Oba
- Fumio Watanabe as Yoshida
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Takahiro Tamura as Takashi Urakawa, pressman
- Kazuo Kitamura as Nagakawa
- Hajime Hana as Muranaga
- Katsumasa Uchida
- Mizuho Suzuki as Kuga
- Hideji Otaki as Nomura
- Isao Natsuyagi as Kitano
- Richard Anderson as Roberts
- Shinsuke Ashida as Sakamoto
- Nobuo Kaneko as Mizoguchi
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Akio Izaki
- Mikio Narita as Tasuke Nakao
- Hiroki Matsukata as Minagawa
- Tetsuro Tamba as Wada
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Proof of the Wild (1978)". allcinema.net. Retrieved 20 February 2026.
- ^ "緊急追悼連載！ 高倉健 「背中の残響」（5）"夏八木抜き"の演出を進言". asagei plus Tokuma Shoten. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "４０周年記念映画祭開催！角川映画はいかにして昭和後期の日本映画界を改革していったか？（前編）". シネマプラス. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "野性の証明". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "『野性の証明』". 週刊文春オンライン. Retrieved August 14, 2021.