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Wilderness: Part 1

Wilderness: Part 1

20176.32h 37m

Overview

Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

Directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi
Written by Takehiko Minato, Shūji Terayama
Produced by Hiromitsu Sugita, Junko Sato
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Top Cast

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Shinji

Yang Ik-june

Yang Ik-june

Barikan ('Hair Clipper')

Akari Kinoshita

Akari Kinoshita

Yoshiko Sone

Moro Morooka

Moro Morooka

Takeo Niki

Kazuya Takahashi

Kazuya Takahashi

Taichi Miyagi

Anna Konno

Anna Konno

Keiko

Yuki Yamada

Yuki Yamada

Yuji

Aoba Kawai

Aoba Kawai

Setsu Sone

Kou Maehara

Kou Maehara

Keizo Kawasaki

Riku Hagiwara

Riku Hagiwara

Makoto Nanao

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based on novel or bookshinjukuboxingnear future

About Wilderness: Part 1

Wilderness: Part 1 is a drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of based on novel or book, shinjuku, boxing, near future. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi, it stars Masaki Suda, Yang Ik-june, Akari Kinoshita. Set in the near future around Shinjuku, Tokyo. Shinji got out from a youth detention center. Barikan suffers from stuttering and extreme shyness. These two men meet in a boxing gym. Shinji and Barikan become friends and pursue boxing under a hopeless situation.

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