The Wolves

The Wolves (1955)

July 3rd, 19552h 7min

Drama, Crime
68%

Overview

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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