Movie
High and Low
1963NR2h 22m8.4 / 10
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
More about High and Low
Cast
Toshirō MifuneKingo Gondo
Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura
Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo
Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao KimuraDetective Arai
Kenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi KatōDetective Nakao
Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation SectionCredits
- Directed by
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written by
- Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita, Evan Hunter
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 天国と地獄
- Budget
- $250K
Production
TOHOJapan- Kurosawa ProductionJapan
Themes
anxiousaudaciousblack and whiteblackmailchauffeurclass relationscriminal investigationcruel
