Criterion/Voyager (Mar 01, 1963)
Crime | Drama | Film Noir | Foreign | Mystery | Thriller
Japan | Japanese | Color | 02:22
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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Toshirô Mifune | Kingo Gondô |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Chief Detective Tokura |
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Kyôko Kagawa | Reiko Gondô |
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Tatsuya Mihashi | Kawanishi - Gondô's Secretary |
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Isao Kimura | Detective Arai |
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Kenjiro Ishiyama | Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi |
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Takeshi Kato | Detective Nakao |
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Takashi Shimura | Chief of Investigation Section |
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Jun Tazaki | Kamiya - National Shoes Publicity Director |
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Nobuo Nakamura | Ishimaru - National Shoes Design Department Director |
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Yunosuke Ito | Baba - National Shoes Executive |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki | Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern |
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Minoru Chiaki | First Reporter |
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Eijiro Tono | Factory Worker |
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Masao Shimizu | Prison Warden |
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Yutaka Sada | Aoki - the Chauffeur |
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Masahiko Shimazu | Shin'ichi Aoki |
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Toshio Egi | Jun Gondô |
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Koji Mitsui | Second Reporter |
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Kyu Sazanka | First Creditor |
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Susumu Fujita | Chief of First Investigating Section |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Junkyard Cook |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Detective Murata |
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Kazuo Kitamura | Third Reporter |
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Gen Shimizu | Chief Physician |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Writer | Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Evan Hunter | |
| Producer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka | |
| Musician | Masaru Satô | |
| Photography | Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitô | |
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] DTS [Japanese] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Edition Release Date | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Regions | Region 1 | Region A |