Yoshiyuki KISHI

Wilderness (Part 1 & 2)

あゝ、荒野 (前篇・後篇)

Nippon Visions   ½ 

Tokyo in the year 2021: The city is rocked by protests, but Shinji and Kenji are preoccupied with their own issues surrounding their family histories. They befriend each other at their boxing gym, and decide to try and find new perspectives for their future. In his adaptation of Shuji TERAYAMA’s novel, Yoshiyuki KISHI unfolds an epic drama that was lauded by Japanese film critics and received numerous awards.

あゝ、荒野 (前篇・後篇)
Aa, koya (zempen • kohen)

Japan 2017

304 minutes

Director
Yoshiyuki KISHI

Script
Yoshiyuki KISHI, Takehiko MINATO based on a novel by Shuji TERAYAMA

Cinematography
Kozo NATSUMI

About Yoshiyuki KISHI

Yoshiyuki KISHI was born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1964 and began his career in the field of documentary filmmaking. After numerous productions for NHK and other TV channels, he made his feature film debut in 2016 with A DOUBLE LIFE, for which he won the Best Director Prize at the Vladivostok Pacific Meridian Film Festival.