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Wilderness: Part One

Original title: Ah, kôya
  • 2017
  • 2h 37m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
372
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Wilderness: Part One (2017)
Drama

The year is 2021 and years of mismanagement have left Japan a broken society riddled with poverty and underemployment. Kenji is visibly disabled and has an inferiority complex. Shinji is rel... Read allThe year is 2021 and years of mismanagement have left Japan a broken society riddled with poverty and underemployment. Kenji is visibly disabled and has an inferiority complex. Shinji is released from prison and has time in his hands. They both coincidentally sign up at a club fo... Read allThe year is 2021 and years of mismanagement have left Japan a broken society riddled with poverty and underemployment. Kenji is visibly disabled and has an inferiority complex. Shinji is released from prison and has time in his hands. They both coincidentally sign up at a club for boxing and soon become friends.

  • Director
    • Yoshiyuki Kishi
  • Writers
    • Shûji Terayama
    • Takehiko Minato
  • Stars
    • Masaki Suda
    • Yang Ik-joon
    • Denden
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    372
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yoshiyuki Kishi
    • Writers
      • Shûji Terayama
      • Takehiko Minato
    • Stars
      • Masaki Suda
      • Yang Ik-joon
      • Denden
    • 7Critic reviews
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  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Masaki Suda
    Masaki Suda
    • Shinji Sawamura
    Yang Ik-joon
    Yang Ik-joon
    • Kenji
    Denden
    Denden
    • Baba
    Riku Hagiwara
    Riku Hagiwara
    • Makoto Nanao
    Aoba Kawai
    Aoba Kawai
    • Setsu Sono
    Tae Kimura
    • Kyoko Kimizuka
    Akari Kinoshita
    • Yoshiko Sone
    Katsuya Kobayashi
    • Ryuki Tachibana
    Anna Konno
    • Keiko Nishiguchi
    Kô Maehara
    • Keizo Kawasaki
    Moro Morooka
    Moro Morooka
    • Takeo Niki
    Yûsuke Santamaria
    Yûsuke Santamaria
    • Horiguchi
    Kazuya Takahashi
    • Taichi Miyagi
    Yuki Yamada
    • Yuji Yamamoto
    • (as Yûki Yamada)
    Hiroshi Yamamoto
    Hiroshi Yamamoto
    Takashi Yamanaka
    Takashi Yamanaka
    • Fukushima
    • Director
      • Yoshiyuki Kishi
    • Writers
      • Shûji Terayama
      • Takehiko Minato
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    • Release date
      • October 7, 2017 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Ah, Wilderness
    • Production companies
      • My Theater D.D.
      • TV Man Union
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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