Movie
1963 Dramatic thriller
2h 23min
| Original title | Tengoku to jigoku |
| Original lang. | Japanese |
| Country | Japan |
Based on Ed McBain's detective novel "King's Ransom," master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa moves effortlessly between a race-against-time thriller and a social commentary on modern Japan. The plot centers around a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper.
| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Written by | Eijirô Hisaita, Evan Hunter |
| Company | ContinentalContinentalContinental |
Starring
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Toshirô Mifune
Kyôko Kagawa
Tatsuya Mihashi
Isao Kimura
Kenjirô Ishiyama
Takeshi Katô
Takashi Shimura
Jun Tazaki
Nobuo Nakamura
Yûnosuke Itô
Minoru Chiaki
Eijirô Tôno
Masao Shimizu
Yutaka Sada
Masahiko Shimazu
Toshio Egi
Kôji Mitsui
Kyû Sazanka
Susumu Fujita
Kamatari Fujiwara
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Kazuo Kitamura
Gen Shimizu
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