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Availability: In Stock - This is normally a Special Order item, but it is currently in stock. AKA: Tengoku To Jigoku || Heaven And Hell || The Ransom Director: Akira Kurosawa Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka  ||  Ryuzo Kikushima Released: 1962 [Japan] Genre: Drama     Sub-Genre: Crime Keywords:  Action/Adventure || Japan / Japanese || Kidnapping || Thriller

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Plot:	Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir, based on Ed McBain's detective novel, "King's Ransom".
Overview:	A kidnapper with a desire to topple the wealthiest man he can find sets out to snatch the son of the rich owner of a shoe company, but nabs his chauffeur's kid by mistake. Gondo (Toshiro Mifune), the shoe magnate, must then decide whether to pay the ransom and face financial ruin, or let the boy die. Meanwhile, police are on the kidnapper's trail.
Cast:	Toshiro Mifune  ||  Yutaka Sada  ||  Takashi Shimura  ||  Yoshio Tsuchiya  ||  Hiroshi Unayama  ||  Tsutomu Yamazaki  ||  Susumu Fujita  ||  Kenjiro Ishiyama  ||  Kyoko Kagawa  ||  Takeshi Kato  ||  Isao Kimura  ||  Tatsuya Mihashi  ||  Koji Mitsui  ||  Tatsuya Nakadai (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	143 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 - Stereo) Japanese (Dolby Digital 4.0 Surround)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH
Distributor:	Eastern Eye/MadMan  [A Australia-Based Distributor]
Rating:	UN - "Unrated. This film has not been rated by the review board."
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Dolby Digital 4.0 Surround Stereo Black & White Stills Gallery Original Poster Artwork "Between Heaven And Hell: Adapting Spaces, Bodies and Emotions In Kurosawa's 'High And Low'" Essay by Dr. Adrian Danks DVD-9