Top billed cast

1. 

   David Niven

   'Major' Walter Bradbury

2. 

   Toshirō Mifune

   Ambassador Kagoyama

3. 

   Hardy Krüger

   Müller

4. 

   Kazuhito Ando

   Koichi Kagoyama

5. 

   Irene Tsu

   Talah

6. 

   Ivan Desny

   Foreign Minister

7. 

   Miiko Taka

   Mme. Kagoyama

8. 

   Jeff Corey

   Mr. King

9. 

   Patricia Donahue

   Mrs. King

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-11-19

David Niven is the epitome of the retired English soldier "Major Bradbury" in this gently comedic thriller. He is hired to tutor the young son of the Japanese Ambassador (Toshirô Mifune) to another, somewhat less democratic nation. When he and the young boy "Koichi" (Ando) are kidnapped and held to ransom by some local freedom fighters, it soon transpires that "Maj. Bradbury" may have been exaggerating his credentials somewhat and Mifune starts to seriously worry for the fate of his child. Luckily the kidnappers are pretty hopeless and our pair manage to escape - though only into the jungle a...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• japan
• ransom
• tutor
• ww2 veteran