Wolves, Pigs and Men - The Masters of Cinema Series

A standout yakuza film directed by a master of the genre in Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honour and Humanity), Wolves, Pigs and Men is an uncompromising treatise on brutality and brotherhood starring Rentarô Mikuni (Harakiri), Kin'ya Kitaôji (Battles Without Honour and Humanity: Final Episode) and the inimitable Ken Takakura (Abashiri Prison). Kuroki (Mikuni), Jirô (Takakura) and Sabu (Kitaôji) are three brothers born into poverty. Kuroki, the eldest, finds an escape from his squalid beginnings by turning to organised crime - and soon both Jirô and Sabu have followed him into the yakuza lifestyle. But none of the brothers see eye to eye, each of them showing more loyalty to their criminal comrades than to their siblings. Following a stint in prison, Jirô convinces Sabu to help him pull off a potentially lucrative heist, leading to a series of betrayals and horrifically violent acts that will test the bonds of blood to their breaking point. Blending the staple themes of the Japanese gangster film with narrative and aesthetic qualities borrowed from the French New Wave and American film noir, Wolves, Pigs and Men stands as one of the finest yakuza movies of the 1960s. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from a new restoration of the original film elements by Toei.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: Jasper Sharp, Interviews: Jun'ya Satô (screenwriter); Tatsu Yoshida (producer); Sadao Yamane (Kinji Fukasaku's biographer), Trailers

Actors: Ken Takakura, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Rentarô Mikuni, Hiroko Shima, Shinjirô Ebara, Sanae Nakahara

Audio Languages: Japanese

Duration: 95 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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