"Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!" 01 March 1963 Drama, Thriller, Crime 142 mins
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 as Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai as Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa as Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura as Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō as Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura as Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō as Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki as First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno as Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu as Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada as Aoki - the Chauffeur
Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
Eijirō Hisaita Screenplay
Takao Saitō Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa Director
Ryūzō Kikushima Screenplay
Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
Miyuki Suzuki Costume Design
Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
Ryūzō Kikushima Producer
Evan Hunter Novel
Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
Yōichi Matsue Assistant Director
Kenjirô Ohmori Assistant Director
Reiko Kaneko Editorial Production Assistant
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Argentina 08 September 2002
Australia 24 October 2024
Czech Republic 24 February 2018
Germany 01 February 1993
Denmark 27 October 1969
Spain 22 September 2008
Finland 27 March 1981
France 09 March 2016
United Kingdom 27 January 2025
Italy 27 August 1963
Japan 27 February 2016
Mexico 12 June 1968
Netherlands 26 June 2025
Philippines 25 February 2005
Sweden 13 December 1968
United States 26 November 1963
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01 January 1963
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21 April 1963
Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of judo founder Jigoro Kano (Naoki Sugiura).
01 June 1963
João Eduardo, a young inexperienced doctor, takes up work in a village. The initial skepticism from the community gives place to esteem for the new physician after some well succeeded cases.
14 July 1963
A candid, inside look at one of the greatest ballplayers ever, up through the 1963 season. Many highlights from Willie Mays's career are shown, including his 4-homer night against the Braves, his 400th homer against the Cardinals, and his 2000th hit.
13 June 1963
London special agents Wong Tak-fat and Fong Lung have arrived in Hong Kong to investigate a murder in connection with a drugs trafficking ring.
18 October 1963
A photoshoot on the roofs and in the streets of Paris, under the astonished eyes of the inhabitants.
01 January 1963
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31 December 1963
Police hunt for mental hospital out patient Simon Lacey, who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets.
26 March 1963
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