Wilderness (2017 film)

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Wilderness
Directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi
Produced by Hiromitsu Sugita
Junko Sato
Mitsunobu Kawamura
Ryo Yukizane
Yuko Nakamura
Masahiro Handa
Screenplay by Takehiko Minato
Yoshiyuki Kishi
Based on novel Aa Koya
by Shūji Terayama
Starring Masaki Suda
Yang Ik-june
Cinematography Kozo Natsumi
Release dates
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  • 7 October 2017 (2017-10-07) (Japan) (Part One)
  • 21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) (Japan) (Part Two)
  • October 2017 (2017-10) (BIFF)
Running time
Part One: 157 minutes
Part Two: 147 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Wilderness: Part One & Part Two (Japanese: あゝ、荒野 Hepburn: Aa, Koya?, lit: "Ah, Wilderness") is a 2017 Japanese two-part drama film based on arthouse screenwriter Shūji Terayama's one and only full length novel, Aa Koya, published in 1966. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi, it stars Masaki Suda and Yang Ik-june. It made its world premiere in A Window on Asian Cinema at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival in 2017.[1]

Plot

Two "losers" meet by chance when they decide to join a rundown boxing gym by half-blind trainer Horiguchi (Yūsuke Santamaria). Ex-convict Shinji (Masaki Suda), whose father's suicide death impacts his mental health and outward aggressiveness, has just been released from a juvenile detention centre and is out to take revenge on Yuji Yamamoto (Yūki Yamada) who betrayed him and has since become a boxer. Kenji (Yang Ik-june), a mild-mannered half-Korean-half-Japanese barber, is extremely shy and stutters due to a traumatic past with his abusive father. They form an unlikely friendship as they journey their way to become professional boxers and a way back into an unforgiving society.[2][3][4]

Cast

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2017 60th Blue Ribbon Awards[1] Best Film Wilderness Won
Best Actor Masaki Suda Nominated
42nd Hochi Film Award Best Actor Masaki Suda Won
30th Nikkan Sports Film Award Best Actor Masaki Suda Won
2018 91st Kinema Junpo Award Best Actor Masaki Suda Won
Best Supporting Actor Yang Ik-june Won
41st Japan Academy Prize[1] Best Actor Masaki Suda Won
12th Asian Film Awards[5] Best Supporting Actor Yang Ik-june Won
72nd Mainichi Film Awards Best Actor Masaki Suda Won
13th Osaka Cinema Festival Best Actor Masaki Suda Won
27th Tokyo Sports Film Award Best Actor Masaki Suda Nominated

References

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