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High and Low

High and Low (1963)★ 8.6/10

Not Rated · JP · 143 min · March 1, 1963

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

Written by: Hideo Oguni, Ryûzô Kikushima, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa, Evan Hunter

Kingo Gondo, a wealthy executive, faces a harrowing moral dilemma when his chauffeur's son is mistakenly kidnapped and the ransom demanded threatens both the boy's life and Gondo's carefully planned business future.

Directed by

Akira Kurosawa

Written by

Hideo OguniRyûzô KikushimaEijirô HisaitaAkira KurosawaEvan Hunter

Cast & crew

Toshirô MifuneKingo GondoYutaka SadaAoki - the ChauffeurTatsuya NakadaiChief Detective TokuraKyôko KagawaReiko GondoTatsuya MihashiKawanishi - Gondo's SecretaryIsao KimuraDetective AraiKenjirô IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' TaguchiTakeshi KatôDetective NakaoTakashi ShimuraChief of Investigation SectionJun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity DirectorNobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department DirectorYûnosuke ItôBaba - National Shoes ExecutiveTsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical InternMinoru ChiakiFirst ReporterEijirô TônoFactory WorkerMasao ShimizuPrison WardenMasahiko ShimazuShinichi AokiToshio EgiJun GondoKôji MitsuiSecond ReporterKyû SazankaFirst CreditorSusumu FujitaChief of First Investigating SectionKamatari FujiwaraJunkyard CookYoshio TsuchiyaDetective MurataKazuo KitamuraThird ReporterGen ShimizuChief PhysicianAkira NagoyaDetective YamamotoJun HamamuraSecond CreditorMasao OdaFirst Executor at Tax OfficeKô NishimuraThird CreditorYoshifumi TajimaChief Prison OfficerKôji KiyomuraFish Market Office WorkerHiroshi UnayamaDetective ShimadaYoshisuke MakinoDetective TakahashiJun KondôIdentification Center WorkerSatoshi SuzukiDetective KoikeSenkichi ŌmuraMessenger Passing Note to InternKazuo KatôIdentification Center WorkerIkio SawamuraYokohama Station Trolley ManKin SugaiFemale Drug AddictKeiko TomitaMurder VictimIsao OnodaMale Drug AddictSeiichi TaguchiDetective NakamuraTakeo MatsushitaSecond Executor at Tax OfficeKiyoshi YamamotoDetective UenoKenji KodamaDetective HaraMinoru ItôDetectiveHaruo SuzukiUndercover Detective 'Drug Addict'