
About
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
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
Keywords
blackmail kidnapping police shoe noir manager ransom chauffeur baby-snatching japanese noir emaciation
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#340 on Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time Empire
#383 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?
#83 on IMDb top 250 IMDb