Movie

High and Low

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

Release: 1963 Runtime: 2h 22min Rating: NR Language: English

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

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

Status: Released
Original language: JA
Production countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Trailer for High and Low

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Audience rating

8.4 / 10 (1226 votes)

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Director

Akira Kurosawa

Main crew

中井朝一 — Director of Photography
Takao Saitō — Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa — Editor
佐藤勝 — Original Music Composer
田中友幸 — Producer
菊島隆三 — Producer
小国英雄 — Screenplay
菊島隆三 — Screenplay

Cast

Toshirô Mifune , Tatsuya Nakadai , 香川京子 , 三橋達也 , 木村功 , 石山健二郎 , 加藤武 , 志村喬

Themes and genres

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