# Last of the Wolves

Last of the Wolves (Japanese: 孤狼の血 LEVEL2, Hepburn: Korō no Chi Level 2) is a 2021 Japanese crime yakuza thriller film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Tori Matsuzaka and Ryohei Suzuki. It is a sequel to the 2018 film The Blood of Wolves.

## Premise

In the early 1990s, a young detective Shūichi Hioka controls the yakuza in Hiroshima, but the situation completely changes when Shigehiro Uebayashi is released from prison.

## Cast

* Tori Matsuzaka as Shūichi Hioka
* Ryohei Suzuki as Shigehiro Uebayashi
* Nijirō Murakami as Kōta "Chinta" Chikada
* Nanase Nishino as Mao Chikada
* Takuma Oto'o as Shigeru Yoshida
* Taichi Saotome as Masaru Hanada
* Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Yukio Amagi
* Katsuya Maiguma as Masatoshi Saeki
* Miwako Kakei as Chiaki Kanbara
* Sho Aoyagi as Ken'ichi Kanbara
* Kenichi Yajima as Keiji Tomotake
* Hiroki Miyake as Satoru Nakagami
* Yoshiko Miyazaki as Yuriko Seshima
* Ryuji Sainei as Kikuchi
* Ryūji Bando
* Yumiko Udo
* Rairu Sugita
* Issei Okihara as Arihara
* Urara Anryū as Kakutani's wife
* Motohiro Oguri as Tokura
* Takumi Saitoh as Yūma Tachibana
* Nakamura Baijaku II as Takayuki Seshima
* Kenichi Takitō as Daisuke Saga
* Susumu Terajima as Yōji Kakutani
* Takashi Ukaji as Akira Mizoguchi
* Rino Katase as Tamaki Irako
* Nakamura Shidō II as Takafumi Kōsaka
* Kōtarō Yoshida as Yōzō Watafune

## Accolades

| Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
| 46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Picture | Last of the Wolves | Nominated |
| 46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated |
| 46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Nominated |
| 46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nanase Nishino | Nominated |
| 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Film | Last of the Wolves | Nominated |
| 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Nominated |
| 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 43rd Yokohama Film Festival | Best Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Won |
| 43rd Yokohama Film Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Nominated |
| 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nijiro Murakami | Nominated |
| 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Art Direction | Tsutomu Imamura | Nominated |
| 76th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Sound Recording | Kazuharu Urata | Won |
| 95th Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 17th Osaka Cinema Festival | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 64th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Film | Last of the Wolves | Won |
| 64th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated |
| 64th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Nominated |
| 64th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Picture of the Year | Last of the Wolves | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Director | Kazuya Shiraishi | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Actor | Tori Matsuzaka | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actor | Nijiro Murakami | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Supporting Actress | Nanase Nishino | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Screenplay | Jun'ya Ikegami | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Music | Gorō Yasukawa | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Cinematography | Kohei Kato | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Lighting Direction | Minoru Kawai | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Art Direction | Tsutomu Imamura | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Sound Recording | Kazuharu Urata | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Best Film Editing | Hitomi Katō | Nominated |
| 45th Japan Academy Film Prize | Newcomer of the Year | Nanase Nishino | Won |
| 31st Japan Movie Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | Won |
| 75th MPTE- Imaging Technology Awards | Best Cinematography | Kohei Kato | Won |
| 75th MPTE- Imaging Technology Awards | Best Lighting Direction | Minoru Kawai | Won |