1963
Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
8.4
1041
March 1, 1963
2h 22m
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Original Title
天国と地獄
Spoken Languages
Japanese
Production Countries
Japan
Budget
$250,000
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
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Writer
Producer
Composer
Screenplay
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Production Companies
TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
N/A
Producer
Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Composer
N/A
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita
Toshirō Mifune
Role: Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Role: Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa
Role: Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
Role: Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura
Role: Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Role: Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō
Role: Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
Role: Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki
Role: Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Role: Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō
Role: Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Role: Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
Role: First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno
Role: Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
Role: Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada
Role: Aoki - the Chauffeur
Masahiko Shimazu
Role: Shinichi Aoki
Toshio Egi
Role: Jun Gondo
Kōji Mitsui
Role: Second Reporter
Kyū Sazanka
Role: First Creditor
Susumu Fujita
Role: Chief of First Investigating Section
Kamatari Fujiwara
Role: Junkyard Cook
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Role: Detective Murata
Kazuo Kitamura
Role: Third Reporter
Gen Shimizu
Role: Chief Physician
Akira Nagoya
Role: Detective Yamamoto
Jun Hamamura
Role: Second Creditor
Masao Oda
Role: First Executor at Tax Office
Kō Nishimura
Role: Third Creditor
Yoshibumi Tajima
Role: Chief Prison Officer
Koji Kiyomura
Role: Fish Market Office Worker
Hiroshi Unayama
Role: Detective Shimada
Yoshisuke Makino
Role: Detective Takahashi
Jun Kondô
Role: Identification Center Worker
Tomo Suzuki
Role: Detective Koike
Senkichi Ōmura
Role: Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Kazuo Katō
Role: Identification Center Worker
Ikio Sawamura
Role: Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Kin Sugai
Role: Female Drug Addict
Keiko Tomita
Role: Murder Victim
Isao Onoda
Role: Male Drug Addict
Seiichi Taguchi
Role: Detective Nakamura
Takeo Matsushita
Role: Second Executor at Tax Office
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Role: Detective Ueno
Kenji Kodama
Role: Detective Hara
Minoru Itō
Role: Detective
Haruo Suzuki
Role: Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Kōzō Nomura
Role: Detective (uncredited)
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