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

Trailers

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