A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.
Stars: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura, Kenjirō Ishiyama
Crew: Tomoyuki Tanaka (Producer), Evan Hunter (Novel), Yoshirō Muraki (Production Design), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), Takao Saitō (Director of Photography), Ryūzō Kikushima (Producer)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Runtime: 142 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 01, 1963
IMDb: 2.7
Keywords:chauffeur, police, ransom, manager, kidnapping, blackmail, baby-snatching, film noir, shoe, japanese noir, emaciation