The Wolves
The Wolves

The Wolves

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1955•127 min•DramaCrime
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A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
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