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High and Low(1963)

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

Drama Crime Thriller Mystery

Status: Released
Release date: 1963-03-01
Runtime: 2h 22m
Rating: 8.4 / 10 (1,163 votes)
Original language: ja
Certification: NR
Budget: $250,000
Revenue: -
Popularity: 10
Adult content: No

Overview

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

Original title: 天国と地獄

Crew highlights

Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Writers

Eijiro Hisaita - Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima - Screenplay
Hideo Oguni - Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa - Screenplay

Producers

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Ryuzo Kikushima

Cast

Toshirō Mifune portrait

Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai portrait

High and Low (1963) | teasertrack

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa portrait

Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi portrait

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura portrait

Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama portrait

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō portrait

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura portrait

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki portrait

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura portrait

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō portrait

Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki portrait

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki portrait

Minoru Chiaki

First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno portrait

Eijirō Tōno

Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu portrait

Masao Shimizu

Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada portrait

Yutaka Sada

Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu portrait

Masahiko Shimazu

Shinichi Aoki

Toshio Egi

Jun Gondo

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TOHO
Kurosawa Production
Kurosawa Production

Countries

Japan

Spoken languages

Japanese

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Keywords

chauffeurpoliceransommanagerkidnappingblackmailheroinfilm noirblack and whiteshoecriminal investigationjapanese noirfranticclass relationsanxiousyokohamashōwa era (1926-89)audaciouscrueljapanese society

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