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High and Low

Original title: 天国と地獄

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

8.41,171 votes19632h 22mReleased

Drama
Crime
Thriller
Mystery

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

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Released: 1 March 1963
Studio: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
IMDb: View listing

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

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki

First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno

Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu

Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada

Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu

Shinichi Aoki

Toshio Egi

Jun Gondo

Kōji Mitsui

Second Reporter

Kyū Sazanka

First Creditor

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