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天国と地獄 (1963)

Timing: 2:22 (142 min)

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All about film

Video 5

Photo 112

Actors and characters

Release date

1963-03-01

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$250 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Akira Kurosawa

Actors

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura, Kenjirō Ishiyama, Takeshi Katō, Takashi Shimura, Jun Tazaki, Nobuo Nakamura
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Akira Kurosawa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryūzō Kikushima

Operator

Asakazu Nakai

Composer

Masaru Satō

Artist

Audition

Editing

Akira Kurosawa, Hiroshi Nezu
All team (28)

• Most of the train scenes were filmed on location. Extras for the roles of passengers were selected from the upper classes of Tokyo society so that they would look the part – as very wealthy passengers.
• For filming scenes in the home of the character played by Toshiro Mifune (1920-1997), a miniature model of Yokohama was built – complete with bridges, a moving train, and even lanterns for night shoots. Most of the daytime filming took place inside a studio building in Yokohama itself, offering a direct view of the city from the windows.
• Most of the Yokohama filming was done on location – exceptions to this rule were rare and usually explained by the onset of cold weather. The scene in which Toshiro Mifune’s character accidentally encounters a kidnapper on the street was filmed indoors.
• For filming scenes in the house of the character Toshiro Mifune, a miniature model of Yokohama was built – complete with bridges, a moving train, and even lanterns for night shooting. Most of the daytime filming took place in a studio building directly in Yokohama, so the view of the city was visible right from the windows.
• To film scenes in the home of the character Toshiro Mifune, a miniature model of Yokohama was built – complete with bridges, a moving train, and even lanterns for nighttime filming. Most of the daytime filming took place inside a studio building in Yokohama itself, so the view of the city was directly visible from the windows.