High and Low (1963)

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

From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tense, taut film of a modern "perfect crime" with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.

Overview

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay, Director

Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay

Evan Hunter

Novel

Hideo Oguni

Screenplay

Eijirō Hisaita

Screenplay

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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