Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
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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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
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Evan Hunter
Novel
Ryuzo Kikushima
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Akira Kurosawa
Editor
Miyuki Suzuki
Costume Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
