High and Low

High and Low

1963
2h 22m
8.4

8.4/10

1,110 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Crime Thriller

"Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!"

Overview

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

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Status: Released

Budget: $250,000

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
TOHO Kurosawa Production
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

chauffeur police ransom manager kidnapping blackmail heroin film noir black and white shoe criminal investigation japanese noir anxious yokohama shōwa era (1926-89) audacious cruel japanese society

Quick Facts

Original Title 天国と地獄
Release Date March 1, 1963
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0057565

Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama
Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura
Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Key Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima
Producer
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer