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.
1963-03-01 | 142 minutes
Plot Summary
A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.
Cast
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Toshirō MifuneKingo Gondo
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Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura
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Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo
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Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary
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Isao KimuraDetective Arai
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Kenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
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Takeshi KatōDetective Nakao
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Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section
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Jun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
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Nobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
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Yūnosuke ItōBaba - National Shoes Executive
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Tsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
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Minoru ChiakiFirst Reporter
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Eijirō TōnoFactory Worker
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Masao ShimizuPrison Warden
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Yutaka SadaAoki - the Chauffeur
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Masahiko ShimazuShinichi Aoki
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Kōji MitsuiSecond Reporter
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Kyū SazankaFirst Creditor
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Ikiru
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