Country
Italy
Date
Aug 27, 1963
Note
Venice Film Festival
Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
2h 22min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Takashi Shimura | Chief of Investigation Section |
| Jun Tazaki | Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director |
| Nobuo Nakamura | Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director |
| Yūnosuke Itō | Baba - National Shoes Executive |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern |
| Minoru Chiaki | First Reporter |
| Eijirō Tōno | Factory Worker |
| Masao Shimizu | Prison Warden |
| Yutaka Sada | Aoki - the Chauffeur |
| Masahiko Shimazu | Shinichi Aoki |
| Toshio Egi | Jun Gondo |
| Kōji Mitsui | Second Reporter |
| Kyū Sazanka | First Creditor |
| Susumu Fujita | Chief of First Investigating Section |
| Kamatari Fujiwara | Junkyard Cook |
| Yoshio Tsuchiya | Detective Murata |
| Kazuo Kitamura | Third Reporter |
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| Gen Shimizu | Chief Physician |
| Akira Nagoya | Detective Yamamoto |
| Jun Hamamura | Second Creditor |
| Masao Oda | First Executor at Tax Office |
| Kō Nishimura | Third Creditor |
| Yoshibumi Tajima | Chief Prison Officer |
| Koji Kiyomura | Fish Market Office Worker |
| Hiroshi Unayama | Detective Shimada |
| Yoshisuke Makino | Detective Takahashi |
| Jun Kondô | Identification Center Worker |
| Tomo Suzuki | Detective Koike |
| Senkichi Ōmura | Messenger Passing Note to Intern |
| Kazuo Katō | Identification Center Worker |
| Ikio Sawamura | Yokohama Station Trolley Man |
| Kin Sugai | Female Drug Addict |
| Keiko Tomita | Murder Victim |
| Isao Onoda | Male Drug Addict |
| Seiichi Taguchi | Detective Nakamura |
| Takeo Matsushita | Second Executor at Tax Office |
| Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Detective Ueno |
| Kenji Kodama | Detective Hara |
| Minoru Itō | Detective |
| Haruo Suzuki | Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict' |
| Kōzō Nomura | Detective (uncredited) |
Genres
DramaCrimeThriller
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 天国と地獄 |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | TOHO, Kurosawa Production |
| Data di uscita | 1 marzo 1963 |
| Producer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Akira Kurosawa |
| Writer | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita, Evan Hunter |
| Editors | Akira Kurosawa, Reiko Kaneko |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō, Kazutami Hara, Yudai Kato, Masaharu Ueda |
| Asst. Directors | Yōichi Matsue, Kenjirô Ohmori, Masanobu Deme, Shirō Moritani, Akira Kurosawa, Teruyo Nogami |
| Lighting | Ichirō Inohara, Hiromitsu Mori |
| Camera Operators | Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō, Kazutami Hara, Yudai Kato, Masaharu Ueda |
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| Add. Photography | Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō, Kazutami Hara, Yudai Kato, Masaharu Ueda |
| Production Design | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Art Direction | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Set Decoration | Yoshirō Muraki |
| Composer | Masaru Satō, Ichirô Minawa, Hisashi Shimonaga, Fumio Yanoguchi |
| Sound | Masaru Satō, Ichirô Minawa, Hisashi Shimonaga, Fumio Yanoguchi |
| Costume Design | Miyuki Suzuki |
| Makeup | Miyuki Suzuki |
| Hairstyling | Miyuki Suzuki |
| Budget | 250.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Czechia
Date
Feb 24, 2018
Note
Eiga-Sai Film Festival
Limited release
Country
Australia
Date
Oct 24, 2024
Certification
M
Note
Re-Release
Theatrical release
Country
Japan
Date
Mar 01, 1963
Country
United States
Date
Nov 26, 1963
Certification
NR
Country
Italy
Date
Jan 27, 1967
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Apr 01, 1967
Certification
12
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Country
Spain
Date
Jul 23, 1967
Note
(Madrid)
Country
Mexico
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Country
Sweden
Date
Dec 13, 1968
Certification
15
Country
Denmark
Date
Oct 27, 1969
Country
France
Date
Jun 09, 1976
Country
Finland
Date
Mar 27, 1981
Certification
K-16
Country
Germany
Date
Feb 01, 1993
Note
(Berlin International Film Festival)
Country
Argentina
Date
Nov 20, 2000
Certification
13
Note
(Clasicos del Cine Japones)
Country
Philippines
Date
Feb 25, 2005
Note
(Manila Eiga Sai)
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jun 26, 2025
Certification
12
Note
4K restored
Digital
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Jan 27, 2025
Certification
12
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jun 26, 2025
Certification
12
Note
Eye Film Player
Physical media
Country
Netherlands
Date
Sep 20, 2008
Certification
12
Note
DVD
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