Member daisho2004 Posted August 24, 2008 Member Share Posted August 24, 2008 A Hideo Gosha Film: This title will be released on September 2, 2008. Product Description At the dawn of the Showa Era, the new Emperor has granted amnesty to almost 400 prisoners. One of those men, Seiji (Nakadai), formally a henchmen for one of Japan's toughest gangs, must now cope with the fact that his former boss is dead and the power shift has created new conspiracies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted August 26, 2008 Member Share Posted August 26, 2008 Great news bro! I've been wanting to see this one for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted August 26, 2008 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2008 I stopped into Best Buy on Thursday for DVD blanks and was shocked to find this. Snatched it right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted August 26, 2008 Author Member Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hey Bob let me know how it is I don't remember if I see this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted August 26, 2008 Administrator Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hey Bob let me know how it is I don't remember if I see this one. Yeah Man, I'll watch it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member oldeschool17 Posted August 26, 2008 Member Share Posted August 26, 2008 same here. I might stop by there as well based on your review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GwaiLoMoFo Posted August 27, 2008 Member Share Posted August 27, 2008 Have been interested in checking this out for a while myself. But all the reviews Ive ever read have been fairly mediocre, so Ive been in no hurry. Here's a review of the film and the Animeigo DVD:The Wolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fabhui Posted August 27, 2008 Member Share Posted August 27, 2008 Seen this one a couple of years ago and to be honest I was slightly disappointed with it, probably due to the fact I had much higher expectations for the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member oldeschool17 Posted August 27, 2008 Member Share Posted August 27, 2008 Have been interested in checking this out for a while myself. But all the reviews Ive ever read have been fairly mediocre, so Ive been in no hurry. Here's a review of the film and the Animeigo DVD:The Wolves Not a valid review as always (predictable coming from dvdbeaver). A screencap page is more appropriately titled. Looks like we'll rely on Kung Fu Bob's analysis after he views it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GwaiLoMoFo Posted August 28, 2008 Member Share Posted August 28, 2008 Not a valid review as always (predictable coming from dvdbeaver). A screencap page is more appropriately titled. Looks like we'll rely on Kung Fu Bob's analysis after he views it. I agree, I didnt read the actual film review at dvdbeaver myself. But all the other reviews Ive read (and word of mouth) on the film in the past were never too good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted August 28, 2008 Administrator Share Posted August 28, 2008 I've been stuck working twice as many hours as normal at my (non-art) job, so my "movie watching" time is being spent working on art projects. And there it sits... THE WOLVES... waiting to be seen. :S I'm planning on checking it out Friday night if all goes well, and will give you guys my opinion about it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vengeanceofhumanlanterns Posted August 29, 2008 Member Share Posted August 29, 2008 The Wolves is a decent Tatsuya film. It's more of a street fighting type of violence from what I remember. I have'nt watched my DVD of it for a while. I remember it never really building up to much in the end. It's just great seeing Tatsuya Nakadai's presence in the film which would otherwise be an un-note worthy film IMO. If you appreciate late 19th century yakuza settings with a fair amount of violence as a Tatsuya Nakadai vehicle then you'll definitely appreciate this film. Definitely worth buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Nakadai Posted August 30, 2008 Member Share Posted August 30, 2008 Been waiting for this release seemingly forever, happy its finally almost here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Tosh Posted August 30, 2008 Member Share Posted August 30, 2008 If you appreciate late 19th century yakuza settings with a fair amount of violence as a Tatsuya Nakadai vehicle then you'll definitely appreciate this film. Definitely worth buying. Sounds like my kind of filmXD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member vengeanceofhumanlanterns Posted September 1, 2008 Member Share Posted September 1, 2008 I made a mistake on the timeline. The setting is actually early 20th century. Probably 1920s or so. It's not a samurai film. It's yakuza mobster violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member almaric Posted January 6, 2009 Member Share Posted January 6, 2009 I really dug this movie, but I'm new to period Yakuza films. This is the review I posted to Netflix: THE WOLVES is a bit slow to get going, and I fell asleep early on, but once it gets going this yakuza period piece is absolute gangbusters. Part of my initial lackluster reaction stemmed from a disorienting storytelling style that never identified a series of flashbacks, or a pair of ronin-like female assassins. Once my confusion wore off, I was quickly absorbed into this familiar tale of a recently pardoned ganster trying to follow a straight and narrow path...or at least as straight and narrow as a yakuza can. As parolee Iwahashi, Tatsuya Nakadai is a slow boil trying to hold on to a failed yakuza code that represents his last, best hope at personal sanity. When Iwahashi boils over, he unleashes a volanic mountain of comeupance that is simply bad@ss. I don't cheer on many movie heroes, and Iwahashi is hardly a hero, but there's something inspiring in his grim determination to put things right despite the knowledge that he's doomed regardless - he reminded me of a one man WILD BUNCH. No guns to be found anywhere, this movie is all hand-to-hand brutality. Fans of Yakuza cinema should find THE WOLVES worthwhile entertainment, especially from a historical perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Rebornman Posted January 7, 2009 Member Share Posted January 7, 2009 great movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Alex Posted January 8, 2009 Member Share Posted January 8, 2009 great great movie, incredible acting from Nakadai as expected and it looks like a painting. good amount of action too the only thing holding it back imo is the somewhat formulaic standard 'old honorable yakuza vs corrupt new regime' plot. even with that i'd easily put it in the top 5 examples of the genre that i've seen so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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