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1954 • Not Rated • 3h 27m • Action, Drama • Toho

Unmatched for suspense and spectacle!

🍅 100% 97% LB 4.61 IMDb 8.6

Box office summary

Domestic total
$754K
Final
Worldwide total
$1.10M
$349K international
Theaters21
Budget$500K
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Cast & crew

Full Kurosawa filmography
Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Toshiro Mifune Toshiro Mifune Starring Takashi Shimura Takashi Shimura Starring
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo Oguni Produced bySōjirō Motoki CinematographyAsakazu Nakai Music byFumio Hayasaka StudioToho

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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