High and Low
# 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.
💵 Budget: USD
250,000
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1963-03-01
⌚ Running Time:
142 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
8.336
Beloved Cast
Kingo Gondo
Toshirō Mifune
Chief Detective Tokura
Tatsuya Nakadai
Reiko Gondo
Kyōko Kagawa
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Tatsuya Mihashi
Detective Arai
Isao Kimura
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Detective Nakao
Takeshi Katō
Chief of Investigation Section
Takashi Shimura
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Jun Tazaki
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Yūnosuke Itō
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Tsutomu Yamazaki
First Reporter
Minoru Chiaki
Factory Worker
Eijirō Tōno
Prison Warden
Masao Shimizu
Aoki - the Chauffeur
Yutaka Sada
Shinichi Aoki
Masahiko Shimazu
Jun Gondo
Toshio Egi
Second Reporter
Kōji Mitsui
First Creditor
Kyū Sazanka
Chief of First Investigating Section
Susumu Fujita
Junkyard Cook
Kamatari Fujiwara
Detective Murata
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Third Reporter
Kazuo Kitamura
Chief Physician
Gen Shimizu
Detective Yamamoto
Akira Nagoya
Second Creditor
Jun Hamamura
First Executor at Tax Office
Masao Oda
Third Creditor
Kō Nishimura
Chief Prison Officer
Yoshifumi Tajima
Fish Market Office Worker
Koji Kiyomura
Detective Shimada
Hiroshi Unayama
Detective Takahashi
Yoshisuke Makino
Identification Center Worker
Jun Kondô
Detective Koike
Tomo Suzuki
Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Senkichi Ōmura
Identification Center Worker
Kazuo Kato
Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Ikio Sawamura
Female Drug Addict
Kin Sugai
Murder Victim
Keiko Tomita
Male Drug Addict
Isao Onoda
Detective Nakamura
Seiichi Taguchi
Second Executor at Tax Office
Takeo Matsushita
Detective Ueno
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Detective Hara
Kenji Kodama
Detective
Minoru Itō
Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Haruo Suzuki
Detective (uncredited)
Kōzō Nomura
