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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."
Audience Score
83
High and Low
NR 2 hr 22 minNov 26th, 1963Crime, Drama, ThrillerAkira Kurosawa Collection PosterPart of Akira Kurosawa Collection
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.
StarringToshirō MifuneTatsuya NakadaiKyōko Kagawa
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
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Cast & Crew

Toshirō Mifune
as Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa
as Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 26th, 1963 - Buy Tickets
Movie Budget:$250,000
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Movie Tags:police, noir, ransom, blackmail, kidnapping

Akira Kurosawa Collection

Akira Kurosawa (Japanese: 黒澤 明, Hepburn: Kurosawa Akira, March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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