Synopsis
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Movie Information
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni
- Release Year
- 1963
- Runtime
- 142 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
- Language
- JA
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 (1,187 votes)
Top 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
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