Story Line
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”
Top Cast

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
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Rating
8.4/ 10
Release Date
1963-03-01
Runtime
2h 22m
Genres
DramaCrimeThriller
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User Reviews (3)

CinemaSerf
7/10
•9/4/2023I didn't take to this initially. The scenario reminded me a little of an episode of "Columbo" - a rather sterile, studio-set environment that came across as quite limiting. Once it gets going, though, it's one of the best crime thrillers I've seen in...
Zak_Jaggs
8/10
•12/19/2024A well worked, high stake crime thriller. The stakes are deeply personal to our main characters and puts them in an impossible situation. The performances and direction are very solid, the story is engaging and ultimately, it's a simple yet enjoyable...
Brent Marchant
7/10
•8/27/2025I’m always amazed at how a single film can be fundamentally characterized in multiple ways, but that’s understandable when the picture combines an array of diverse elements, each of which has a validity all its own that can subsequently lead to diffe...






