Never Give Up

1978 film by Jun'ya Satō
Movie film Q6147890
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Summary

Never Give Up is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,285 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Never Give Up's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Never Give Up was directed by Junya Satō[4].
  • Kōji Takada wrote the screenplay for Never Give Up[5].
  • Never Give Up's genre is action film[6].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Ken Takakura[7].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Hiroko Yakushimaru[8].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Ryoko Nakano[9].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Joe Yamanaka[10].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Rentarō Mikuni[11].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Fumio Watanabe[12].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Taiji Tonoyama[13].
  • A cast member of Never Give Up was Isao Natsuyagi[14].
  • Never Give Up was produced by Haruki Kadokawa[15].
  • Never Give Up's production company is recorded as Kadokawa Pictures[16].
  • Never Give Up's director of photography is recorded as Shinsaku Himeda[17].
  • The original language of Never Give Up was Japanese[18].
  • Never Give Up was distributed by video on demand[19].
  • Never Give Up's country of origin is recorded as Japan[20].
  • Never Give Up was published on January 1, 1978[21].
  • Never Give Up's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[22].
  • Never Give Up's narrative location is recorded as Tōhoku region[23].
  • Never Give Up's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '野性の証明'}[24].
  • Never Give Up's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'minute', 'amount': '+143'}[25].
  • Never Give Up's EIRIN film rating is recorded as G[26].
  • Never Give Up's P14567 is recorded as SID0031077[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Never Give Up was produced by Haruki Kadokawa[15]. It was directed by Junya Satō[4]. Kōji Takada wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Ken Takakura[7], Hiroko Yakushimaru[8], Ryoko Nakano[9], Joe Yamanaka[10], Rentarō Mikuni[11], and Fumio Watanabe[12].

Publication

Never Give Up was published on January 1, 1978[21]. The original language of it was Japanese[18]. Its genre is action film[6]. It was distributed by video on demand[19].

Why It Matters

Never Give Up ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,285 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allociné film id → 1000014898
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fa', 'ja', 'ru', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Allociné film id: 1000014898, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/304292692|Survie en pleine nature (#304292692)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8255|AlloC"
  2. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Eirin film rating → G
    Screenwriter → Kōji Takada
    Production company → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14567: SID0031077, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783181435034"
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