A riveting thriller set in postwar Japan
Director: Akira Kurosawa (Ran, Seven Samurai, among others) - Actors: including Toshiro Mifune
Length: 143 minutes - Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: Dutch
Wealthy industrialist Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) has been raising money to get a majority stake in the shoe company where he has worked most of his life. His plans are threatened by the kidnapping of his son's playmate - a mistake, since the kidnapper was actually targeting his son. Paying the ransom would mean Gondo's financial ruin.
