

High and Low
"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.
Movie Details
Budget
$250K
$250,000
Languages
Japanese
Studio
TOHO
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Key Crew

Akira Kurosawa
Director

Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima
Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer

Hideo Oguni
Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay

Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Cast

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














