The Wolves
★ 6.9 · 1955 · 127m · Drama · Crime
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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