Wilderness (2017 film)

Wilderness
Directed byYoshiyuki Kishi
Screenplay byTakehiko Minato
Yoshiyuki Kishi
Based onAa Koya
1966 novel
by Shūji Terayama
Produced byHiromitsu Sugita
Junko Sato
Mitsunobu Kawamura
Ryo Yukizane
Yuko Nakamura
Masahiro Handa
StarringMasaki Suda
Yang Ik-june
CinematographyKozo Natsumi
Release dates
  • 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
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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 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 premiered in A Window on Asian Cinema at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival.[1]

  1. ^ "Wilderness (あゝ、荒野)". japanesefilmfestival.net. 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2019.