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High and Low

High and Low

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

#1of 1963
1963 2h 22mDramaCrimeThriller

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

4.2/5

TMDB score· 1,156 votes

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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.

The vibe

chauffeurpoliceransommanagerkidnappingblackmailheroinfilm noirblack and whiteshoe

Behind it

Akira KurosawaAkira KurosawaDirectorHideo OguniScreenplayRyuzo KikushimaRyuzo KikushimaScreenplayEijiro HisaitaEijiro HisaitaScreenplayMasaru SatōMasaru SatōComposerAsakazu NakaiAsakazu NakaiCinematography

Cast

Toshirō MifuneToshirō MifuneKingo GondoTatsuya NakadaiTatsuya NakadaiChief Detective TokuraKyōko KagawaKyōko KagawaReiko GondoTatsuya MihashiTatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretaryIsao KimuraIsao KimuraDetective AraiKenjirō IshiyamaKenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' TaguchiTakeshi KatōTakeshi KatōDetective NakaoTakashi ShimuraTakashi ShimuraChief of Investigation SectionJun TazakiJun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity DirectorNobuo NakamuraNobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department DirectorYūnosuke ItōYūnosuke ItōBaba - National Shoes ExecutiveTsutomu YamazakiTsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical InternMinoru ChiakiMinoru ChiakiFirst ReporterEijirō TōnoEijirō TōnoFactory WorkerMasao ShimizuMasao ShimizuPrison WardenYutaka SadaYutaka SadaAoki - the ChauffeurMasahiko ShimazuMasahiko ShimazuShinichi AokiToshio EgiJun Gondo

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita

Release date

1 Mar 1963

Runtime

2h 22m

Budget

$0.3M

Studio

TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

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