The Age of Wolves

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takatsugu Naitō directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
• 2Released 16 years ago.
• 3Part of the "Youth H" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 5AIKAWA Yuki and Tomoaki Hayashishita carry the top of the cast.

The technical file

Runtime

81 min · 1h 21m

Status

Released

Original language

JA

Part of

Youth H

Youth H (青春H) is a series of movies created by distinctively original filmmakers on the shared theme of adolescence and love.

• 
  Making of Love

  2010
• 
  Ghost kiss

  2010
• 
  The Age of Wolves

  2010 · this one
• 
  Piranha

  2010
• 
  The smell of curry rice

  2011
• 
  Owatteru

  2011
• 
  ring my bell

  2011
• 
  Reunion

  2011
• 
  Picking Up Flowers

  2011
• 
  Zero Man vs. The Half-Virgin

  2011
• 
  Greenhorn

  2013
• 
  Bad Communication

  2013
• 
  Ikareta Baby

  2013
• 
  Bikini☆Ramen

  2013

Also by

Takatsugu Naitō

• 
  Dark Harbour

  2009 · ★ 5.5

Production companies

Who made it

• AR

  Art Port

  JP

Key crew

• ProducerHideki Onuki
• CinematographyFūta Takagi
• MusicKentarô Kanayama

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• romance
• tokyo, japan

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2010-11-06

Also known as

International titles

• Okami no jidaiJP