Wilderness | |
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Directed by | Yoshiyuki Kishi |
Screenplay by | Takehiko Minato Yoshiyuki Kishi |
Based on | Aa Koya 1966 novel byShūji Terayama |
Produced by | Hiromitsu Sugita Junko Sato Mitsunobu Kawamura Ryo Yukizane Yuko Nakamura Masahiro Handa |
Starring | Masaki Suda Yang Ik-june |
Cinematography | Kozo Natsumi |
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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:Ā, Kōya, lit: "Ah, Wilderness") is a 2017 Japanese two-part drama film based on arthouse screenwriterShūji Terayama's one and only full length novel,Aa Koya, published in 1966. Directed by Yoshiyuki Kishi, it starsMasaki Suda andYang Ik-june. It premiered in A Window on Asian Cinema at the22nd Busan International Film Festival.[1]
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]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2017 | 60thBlue Ribbon Awards[1] | Best Film | Wilderness | Won |
Best Actor | Masaki Suda | Nominated | ||
42ndHochi Film Award | Best Actor | Masaki Suda | Won | |
30thNikkan Sports Film Award | Best Actor | Masaki Suda | Won | |
2018 | 91stKinema 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 | |
72ndMainichi Film Awards | Best Actor | Masaki Suda | Won | |
13th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Actor | Masaki Suda | Won | |
27thTokyo Sports Film Award | Best Actor | Masaki Suda | Nominated |