High and Low
Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
8.4(1,162) 1963-03-01 142 minDramaCrimeThriller
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
ScreenplayAkira Kurosawa
ProducerRyuzo Kikushima
ProducerTomoyuki Tanaka
Original Music ComposerMasaru Satō
ScreenplayHideo Oguni
ScreenplayRyuzo Kikushima
ScreenplayEijiro Hisaita
Cast & characters
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
Yutaka Sada
as Aoki - the Chauffeur
Masahiko Shimazu
as Shinichi Aoki
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Toshio Egi
as Jun Gondo
Kōji Mitsui
as Second Reporter
Kyū Sazanka
as First Creditor
Susumu Fujita
as Chief of First Investigating Section
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Junkyard Cook
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Detective Murata
Kazuo Kitamura
as Third Reporter
