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High and Low

1963·142 min

High and Low

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

DramaCrime

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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Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

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Screenplay

Ryuzo Kikushima

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

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Director of Photography

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Ryuzo Kikushima

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Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

First Reporter

Factory Worker

Prison Warden

Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu

Shinichi Aoki

Jun Gondo

Second Reporter

First Creditor

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High and Low (1963) is about 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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Akira Kurosawa directed High and Low (1963).

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