A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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
Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno
Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada
Aoki - the Chauffeur
Masahiko Shimazu
Shinichi Aoki
Toshio Egi
Jun Gondo
Kōji Mitsui
Second Reporter
Kyū Sazanka
First Creditor
Susumu Fujita
Chief of First Investigating Section
Kamatari Fujiwara
Junkyard Cook
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Detective Murata
Kazuo Kitamura
Third Reporter
Gen Shimizu
Chief Physician
Akira Nagoya
Detective Yamamoto
Jun Hamamura
Second Creditor
Masao Oda
First Executor at Tax Office
Kō Nishimura
Third Creditor
Yoshibumi Tajima
Chief Prison Officer
Koji Kiyomura
Fish Market Office Worker
Hiroshi Unayama
Detective Shimada
Yoshisuke Makino
Detective Takahashi
Jun Kondô
Identification Center Worker
Tomo Suzuki
Detective Koike
Senkichi Ōmura
Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Kazuo Katō
Identification Center Worker
Ikio Sawamura
Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Kin Sugai
Female Drug Addict
Keiko Tomita
Murder Victim
Isao Onoda
Male Drug Addict
Seiichi Taguchi
Detective Nakamura
Takeo Matsushita
Second Executor at Tax Office
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Detective Ueno
Kenji Kodama
Detective Hara
Minoru Itō
Detective
Haruo Suzuki
Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Kōzō Nomura
Detective (uncredited)
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Associate Producer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay, Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Evan Hunter
Novel
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Kenjirô Ohmori
Assistant Director
Yōichi Matsue
Assistant Director
Shirō Moritani
Assistant Director
Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director
Hiroshi Nezu
Production Supervisor
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Reiko Kaneko
Editorial Production Assistant
Masaharu Ueda
Assistant Camera
Kazutami Hara
First Assistant Camera
Yudai Kato
Camera Intern
Miyuki Suzuki
Costume Design
Fumio Yanoguchi
Sound Designer
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
Hiromitsu Mori
Lighting Technician
Ichirō Inohara
Lighting Technician
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Akio Nojima
Property Master
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