High and Low

1963 "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."

High and Low

8.4 | 2h22m | en | Drama

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.

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8.4 | 2h22m | en | Drama , Thriller , Crime

Synopsis

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

Toshirō Mifune ,Tatsuya Nakadai ,Kyōko Kagawa

Director

Yoshirō Muraki

Producted By

TOHO , Kurosawa Production

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Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Kingo Gondo

[2016] Mifune: The Last Samurai [1995] Picture Bride [1992] Shadow of the Wolf [1989] Death of a Tea Master [1987] Princess from the Moon [1983] Lowly Ronin 4: Living Hell [1982] Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3 [1982] The Challenge [1981] Inchon

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Chief Detective Tokura

[2022] The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai [2019] The Return [2019] Sleeping Village [2014] Gun Woman [2014] Giovanni's Island [2005] Yamato [2002] Vengeance for Sale [2000] After the Rain [1995] East Meets West

Kyōko Kagawa

as Reiko Gondo

[2022] The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai [2021] Mo-Ruerani [2016] Mifune: The Last Samurai [2011] The Story of Film: An Odyssey [1999] After Life [1963] High and Low [1961] Mothra [1960] The Bad Sleep Well [1954] Sansho the Bailiff