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RUNTIME
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Tight 17-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
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Wolf's Calling
2019 0h 17m JA
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Synopsis
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A girl finds an old handgun in her attic and the symbolic object conjures a mystical scene of samurai (a stellar cast of actors joined by the 20-person Edo punk band Seppuku Pistols, who also provide the soundtrack) gathering within the moss-grown location of Kasosan Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Where to watch Β· US
Cast
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Samurai
Kengo Kora
Samurai
Tatsuya Nakamura
Samurai
Hirokazu ItΓ΄
Samurai
Masato Murakami
Samurai
Shigeru Nakano
Samurai
MIU
Girl
Ryuhei Matsuda
Samurai
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Toshiaki Toyoda
- Writers
- Toshiaki Toyoda
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Japan
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ERA
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Released 7 years ago.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda, shot by Norimichi Kasamatsu. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Seppuku Pistols. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Toshiaki Toyoda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Kiyohiko Shibukawa and Kengo Kora and Tatsuya Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt15099528 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Toshiaki Toyoda directs. Norimichi Kasamatsu behind the camera. Seppuku Pistols scores. Toshiaki Toyoda cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 17-minute runtime β shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 7 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list β fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda, shot by Norimichi Kasamatsu. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Seppuku Pistols. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Toshiaki Toyoda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Kiyohiko Shibukawa and Kengo Kora and Tatsuya Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt15099528 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 6 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Norimichi Kasamatsu
- Original score
- Seppuku Pistols
- Editing
- Toshiaki Toyoda
- Production design
- Daichi Watanabe
- Costume design
- Masae Miyamoto
- Sound
- Masaya Kitada
- Runtime
- 17 min Β· 0h 17m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Toshiaki Toyoda
Key crew
- ProducerToshiaki Toyoda
- Production DesignDaichi Watanabe
- Costume DesignMasae Miyamoto
- EditorToshiaki Toyoda
- Sound DesignerMasaya Kitada
- Assistant DirectorMegumu Sawada
- ProducerShinichiro Muraoka
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Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere2019-09-20
Also known as
International titles
- Noroshi ga YobuJP
