High and Low (1963)

Name: High and Low
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1963-03-01
Duration: 142 min
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

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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Released 1963-03-01 · 142 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai as Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa as Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura as Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō as Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura as Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō as Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki as First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno as Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu as Prison Warden