A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ken Ogata
Inspector Daigoro Igari
Tanie Kitabayashi
Mrs. Toshiko 'Toji' Yanagawa
Toru Kazama
Thunder
Hiroshi Nishikawa
Rain
Katsuyasu Uchida
Wind
Shigeru Kōyama
Kunijiro Yanagawa, 1st son
Kumi Mizuno
Kanako Yanagawa, 1st daughter
Ittoku Kishibe
Daisaku Yanagawa, 2nd son
Kōen Okumura
Anzai, the Chauffeur
Hideyo Amamoto
Kushida, the Butler
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