Synopsis
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He can’t draw the extinct wolf well and struggles to develop the story. One winter’s day, Sosuke finds an animal’s skull while digging foundations at a construction site and takes it home. Is it a Japanese wolf’s skull?
Key facts
Cast
Show Kasamatsu, Junko Abe, Ken Yasuda, Reiko Kataoka, Hatsunori Hasegawa, Tōru Shinagawa, Yoji Tanaka, Shunta Ito
Original language
Japanese
First release
February 19, 2022 (Japan)
Crew
Screenplay
Genki Yoshimura, Masakazu Kaneko
Producer
Kazuhiko Konoike, Takashi Shiotsuki
Cinematography
Kōichi Furuya
Editing
Masakazu Kaneko
Trailer
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Festival History
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Japan | February 19, 2022 |
| Theatrical | Taiwan | July 8, 2022 |
| Streaming | Japan | October 5, 2022 |
| Theatrical | Singapore | December 8, 2022 |
Full credits
| Director | Masakazu Kaneko |
| Cast | Show Kasamatsu (Ma Sosuke), Junko Abe (Midori Kawauchi / Kozue), Ken Yasuda (Seiichi Kawauchi), Reiko Kataoka (Aiko Kawauchi), Hatsunori Hasegawa (Ginzo), Tōru Shinagawa (Kota Kawauchi (old age)), Yoji Tanaka (Shioya), Shunta Ito (Kota Kawauchi (boy)), Michiyo Yokoyama (Momoko Kawauchi), Ryuta Furuya (Toshiro Kawauchi), Shūichirō Masuda (Daishi Naito), Manabu Hosoi (Tsuneo Chiba), Bob Suzuki (Hachibei), Jin Hisa (Sakuji), Tokuhisa Yamashita (Goro), Shoji Omiya (Construction Worker) |
| Screenplay | Genki Yoshimura, Masakazu Kaneko |
| Producer | Kazuhiko Konoike, Takashi Shiotsuki |
| Executive producer | Kazuhiko Konoike, Masakazu Kaneko, Takashi Shiotsuki |
| Cinematography | Kōichi Furuya |
| Editing | Masakazu Kaneko |
| Visual effects | Koya Takahashi |
| Sound | Iwama Tsubasa |
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q109602274 |
| IMDb | tt15485264 |
| TMDB | 876906 |
Additional data: TMDB.
