Tengoku to jigoku

Released Year: 1963

Certificate: Not Rated

Runtime: 143 minutes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 0

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa

No of Votes: 34357

Gross: N/A

Overview: An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.

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