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8.41.2K votes

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High and Low

1963•2h 22m•NR•Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Top cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

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Keywords

chauffeur police ransom manager kidnapping

Details

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita
Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Country: Japan
Original language: Japanese
Budget: $250,000
Release date: March 1, 1963
Status: Released

black and white

criminal investigation

class relations

shōwa era (1926-89)

japanese society