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Wild Life

Wild Life

19977.01h 42m

Overview

An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.

Directed by Shinji Aoyama
Written by Shinji Aoyama, Hiroyuki Kurokawa
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Top Cast

Kosuke Toyohara

Kosuke Toyohara

Hiroki Sakai

Mickey Curtis

Mickey Curtis

Kenzo Tsumura

Yūna Natsuo

Yūna Natsuo

Rie

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Ijima

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Yoichiro Saito

Yoichiro Saito

Kenichi Yajima

Kenichi Yajima

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Akiko Izumi

Eiko Nagashima

Eiko Nagashima

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Man in pachinko parlour

About Wild Life

Wild Life is a drama, thriller film released in 1997. Directed by Shinji Aoyama, it stars Kosuke Toyohara, Mickey Curtis, Yūna Natsuo. An ex-boxer working for a game parlor owner gets caught up in a complex blackmail operation he doesn't understand. Before long he's caught between two yakuza bosses and a mysterious thief who motivation is unknown. Add in the boss' daughter who has a crush on him and watch him struggle to make sense of it all and come out alive.

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