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“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”

12 · 1 Apr 1967 · 142 min · Japanese

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8.4 / 10 · 1,188 votes

The film

Synopsis

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 & characters

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

Behind the camera

Key crew

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writing: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima
Cinematography: Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō
Original music: Masaru Satō

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