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About
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Theatrical
Nov 26, 1963
Budget
$250K
Theaters
2
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Writers
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Music
Studio
TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Original Title
天国と地獄
Original Language
Japanese
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Cast
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Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo
T
Tatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective Tokura
K
Kyōko Kagawa
Reiko Gondo
T
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
I
Isao Kimura
Detective Arai
K
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
T
Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao
T
Takashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation Section
J
Jun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
N
Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Y
Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive
T
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
M
Minoru Chiaki
First Reporter
E
Eijirō Tōno
Factory Worker
M
Masao Shimizu
Prison Warden
Y
Yutaka Sada
Aoki - the Chauffeur
M
Masahiko Shimazu
Shinichi Aoki
T
Toshio Egi
Jun Gondo
K
Kōji Mitsui
Second Reporter
K
Kyū Sazanka
First Creditor
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