The Threat (1966 film)
Appearance
The Threat | |
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Japanese | 脅迫 おどし |
Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
Screenplay by | Kinji Fukasaku Ichirō Miyagawa |
Produced by | Tōru Akita |
Starring | Kōji Tsuruta |
Cinematography | Yoshikazu Yamazawa |
Music by | Isao Tomita |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Toei Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Threat (Japanese: 脅迫 おどし, Hepburn: Odoshi) is a 1966 Japanese black-and-white crime thriller film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
Plot
[edit]Death row convicts Kawanishi and Sabu escape from prison and kidnap the grandson of cancer authority Dr. Sakata. They break into the house of Mr. Misawa and take his family hostage, forcing him to be their go-between to collect the ransom.
Cast
[edit]- Rentarō Mikuni as Misawa[1]
- Kō Nishimura as Kawanishi[2]
- Masumi Harukawa as Hiroko
- Sanae Nakahara as Mother of the baby
- Hideo Murota as Sabu
- Ken Mitsuda as Sakata
- Ryōhei Uchida as Man in a Raincoat
- Pepe Hozumi as Masao
- Shōichi Ozawa as Police
- Kunie Tanaka
Production and release
[edit]The film was shot in black and white with mono sound. It was produced by Toei Tokyo and distributed by Toei Company. It was released in Japan on February 17, 1966.[3]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- The Threat at IMDb
Categories:
- 1966 films
- 1966 crime films
- 1960s crime thriller films
- 1960s Japanese-language films
- Films about child abduction
- Films about prison escapes
- Films about surgeons
- Films about veterans
- Films directed by Kinji Fukasaku
- Films set in Tokyo
- Films about home invasion
- Japanese black-and-white films
- Japanese crime thriller films
- Toei Company films