At the opening of Club Phoenix, Kuroki's boss tells him that Jirō has been released and that he must keep him close in order to keep an eye on him.

After being overpowered, Sabu refuses to give up the location of the bags despite being beaten so Jirō and Mizuhara torture his friends one by one to make him talk.

They learn from the club owner that Jirō was looking for Sabu's bags, which leads them to link the robbery to Kuroki when they find the black tape on him.

Sabu and his friends escape and run in different directions but Hiroshi is caught by the Iwasaki Group and the others return to Jirō and Mizuhara.

As Kuroki stands to make his decision, the other members of the Iwasaki Group storm the hideout and kill everyone inside.

[8] Film Movement released Wolves, Pigs and Men in North America digitally on September 27, 2024.

[10] In a review in Critics Roundup, reviewer Marc Walkow wrote that initially Fukusaku and Toei mimicked rival Nikkatsu's 'borderless action' films but that Fukusaku's sixth film, Wolves, Pigs and Men (64), 'broke the mold' by taking the 'best elements' from his earlier works and adding commentary on social issues 'endemic to Japan's transition from postwar defeated nation to economic powerhouse'.

"[11] In the book Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema, author Jasper Sharp notes that along with Gang vs. G-Men, Wolves, Pigs and Men established Fukasaku's pattern for contemporary action and crime dramas drawing inspirations from the French New Wave and American noir, featuring realistic portrayals of violence and often set in chaotic, working-class settings.