High and Low (1963)

  • NR
  • 11/26/1963 (US)
  • Drama, Crime, Thriller
  • 2h 22m

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

Overview

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

Eijiro Hisaita

Screenplay

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima

Screenplay

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Evan Hunter

Novel

Cast

Toshirō Mifune's headshot

Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai's headshot

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa's headshot

Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi's headshot

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura's headshot

Isao Kimura

Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama's headshot

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō's headshot

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura's headshot

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

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