The read
A Balasaur Score of 88 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 90/100. Scores higher than 96% of the 786 1960s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic90/100
1,196 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Ryuzo KikushimaScreenplay
- Hideo OguniScreenplay
- Eijiro HisaitaScreenplay
- Masaru SatōOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Toshirō MifuneKingo Gondo
- Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura
- Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo
- Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary
- Isao KimuraDetective Arai
- Kenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
- Takeshi KatōDetective Nakao
- Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section
- Jun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
- Nobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
- Yūnosuke ItōBaba - National Shoes Executive
- Tsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Stills
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Themes
chauffeurpoliceransommanagerkidnappingblackmailheroinfilm noirblack and whiteshoecriminal investigationjapanese noir
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