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16 Global Ranking
Wins 63% of its Matchups
1505 Total UsersWho've Ranked It
41729 Total Times Ranked
14 Have It At #1
139 Have It In Their Top 20
Directed By Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Starring Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune • Tatsuya Nakadai Tatsuya Nakadai • Kyoko Kagawa Kyoko Kagawa • Tatsuya Mihashi Tatsuya Mihashi • Isao Kimura Isao Kimura Genres Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller • Crime • Drama • Foreign Language Film • Police Detective Film • Post-Noir • Thriller • Urban Drama Studios &Franchises The Criterion Collection • BFI • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • Madman Films • The Cinemaholic's 100 Best Japanese Movies of All Time • 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? Other Titles Heaven and Hell [Japan] • Tengoku to jigoku [Japan] Release Info 1963-11-26T00:00:00Z November 26, 1963 B&W and Color • 142 minutes NR see more films from 1963 ► see more about this film on our blog ►
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JC13 on 12/9/2014 Reply · Like · (6 likes)
Brilliant Police Procedural and just an amazing film in general. Mifune and Nakadai bring it. One of Kurosawa's best.
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Danny237 on 3/23/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
My Akira Kurosawa's least favorite. I give an 5.5/10
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hambone88 on 3/16/2020 Reply · Like · (2 likes)
This is my favorite of Akira’s movies. I was captivated the entire way through
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K1ik0o4r7ules on 7/6/2023 Reply · Like · (0 likes)
One of the best endings in cinematic history.
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