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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 servants son is kidnapped
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay, DirectorEijirō Hisaita
ScreenplayEvan Hunter
NovelRyūzō Kikushima
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
ScreenplayCast
![Toshirō Mifune's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/3A9PqrtiXHLp8B2JL7m3YvVXrmL.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo![Tatsuya Nakadai's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/4LygOe0vFQplLIft5IUWI5OewPX.jpg)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective Tokura![Kyōko Kagawa's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/q47wPwySJvhj6HQoYb7ON1TjbcV.jpg)
Kyōko Kagawa
Reiko Gondo![Tatsuya Mihashi's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/s33XOrwOEEVoWeScWMK2Afs7Njl.jpg)
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary![Isao Kimura's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/afLPuf3x7UYXryAbqAGqmRcVNNW.jpg)
Isao Kimura
Detective Arai![Kenjirō Ishiyama's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/6Qc64jqkcRY1rQ7e8yRwhIFF0nB.jpg)
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi![Takeshi Katō's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/fSTcfNTFBn0gJEAAxuPUQuzDfyQ.jpg)
Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao![Takashi Shimura's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ydyAm2vyBbEPZRICIMqqjDm0NM9.jpg)