The Threat

Feb 17, 1966

1h 24m

★ 7.4

Overview

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them.

Genres

Crime

Action

Thriller

Production Companies

Toei Company

The Threat Trailers

Cast

Misawa

Rentaro Mikuni

Hiroko

Masumi Harukawa

Kawanishi

Kō Nishimura

Sabu

Hideo Murota

Sakata

Ken Mitsuda

Mother of the baby

Sanae Nakahara

Man in a raincoat

Ryōhei Uchida

Masao

Pepe Hozumi

Shoichi Ozawa

Kunie Tanaka

Gōzō Sōma

Koji Takishima

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