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High and Low(1963)

Original title: 天国と地獄

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

  • March 1, 1963
  • 2 h 22 min
  • NR
  • Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
8.4TMDB · 1,188 votes
8.4IMDb
97%Rotten Tomatoes
90/100Metacritic

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa

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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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

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