Overview:
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 |
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| Status: | Released (1963-03-01) |
| Awards: | 3 wins & 3 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $46,808 |
| Screen: | Hideo Oguni, Ryûzô Kikushima, Eijirô Hisaita |
| Productions: | TOHO, Kurosawa Production |
| Production Countries: | Japan |
| Spoken Languages: | 日本語 |
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Casts
- 7450: Toshirō Mifune - Kingo Gondo
- 70131: Tatsuya Nakadai - Chief Detective Tokura
- 34374: Kyōko Kagawa - Reiko Gondo
- 13251: Tatsuya Mihashi - Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
- 20830: Isao Kimura - Detective Arai
- 72539: Kenjirō Ishiyama - Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
- 72540: Takeshi Katō - Detective Nakao
Crews
- 33132: Yoshirō Muraki - Production Design - Art
- 123385: Eijiro Hisaita - Screenplay - Writing
- 70129: Takao Saitō - Director of Photography - Camera
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Director - Directing
- 34373: Ryuzo Kikushima - Screenplay - Writing
- 20827: Hideo Oguni - Screenplay - Writing
- 5026: Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
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I 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 ages. It all centres around the k ....
Continue reading ->Zak_Jaggs
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A 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 film. Kurosawa comments on modern ....
Continue reading ->Brent Marchant
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I’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 different overarching interpretations. ....
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