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High and Low (1963)

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

8.4(1,130)2h 22mMarch 1, 1963

Drama Crime Thriller

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima

Writers

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Diary

Overview

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

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

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Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki

First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno

Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu

Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada

Aoki - the Chauffeur

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Status: Released
Original title: 天国と地獄
Original language: Japanese
Release date: March 1, 1963
Budget: $250,000
Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Country: Japan

Keywords

chauffeurpoliceransommanagerkidnappingblackmail

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