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1963 · 2h 22m · Drama · Crime · Thriller
Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
- IMDb
- 8.4
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97%
- Metacritic
- 90
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Overview
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa
Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura
Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno
Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada
Aoki - the Chauffeur
Crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector · Screenplay · Editor
- Eijiro HisaitaScreenplay
- Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay · Producer
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Evan HunterNovel
- Tomoyuki TanakaProducer
- Takao SaitōDirector of Photography
- Asakazu NakaiDirector of Photography
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 1, 1963
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $250,000
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
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