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High and Low

Original title: 天国と地獄

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

  • Movie
  • 1963
  • NR
  • 2h 22m

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

8.4

TMDB audience rating
8.4 out of 10 from 1,231 votes

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

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Cast and crew

  • Toshirō Mifune

    Toshirō MifuneKingo Gondo

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura

  • Kyōko Kagawa

    Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo

  • Tatsuya Mihashi

    Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary

  • Isao Kimura

    Isao KimuraDetective Arai

  • Kenjirō Ishiyama

    Kenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

  • Takeshi Katō

    Takeshi KatōDetective Nakao

  • Takashi Shimura

    Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section

  • Jun Tazaki

    Jun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

  • Nobuo Nakamura

    Nobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

  • Yūnosuke Itō

    Yūnosuke ItōBaba - National Shoes Executive

  • Tsutomu Yamazaki

    Tsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

  • Minoru Chiaki

    Minoru ChiakiFirst Reporter

  • Eijirō Tōno

    Eijirō TōnoFactory Worker

  • Masao Shimizu

    Masao ShimizuPrison Warden

  • Yutaka Sada

    Yutaka SadaAoki - the Chauffeur

  • Masahiko Shimazu

    Masahiko ShimazuShinichi Aoki

  • Toshio EgiJun Gondo

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writer
Eijiro Hisaita, Ryuzo Kikushima and Hideo Oguni
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Takao Saitō and Asakazu Nakai