High and Low
Tengoku to jigoku
1963, Film, 143 min, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 86
Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Kingo Gondô
- Yutaka Sada as Aoki - the Chauffeur
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Chief Detective Tokura
- Kyōko Kagawa as Reiko Gondô
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Kawanishi - Gondô's Secretary
- Isao Kimura as Detective Arai
- Kenjirō Ishiyama as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
- Takeshi Katō as Detective Nakao
- Takashi Shimura as Chief of Investigation Section
- Jun Tazaki as Kamiya - National Shoes Publicity Director
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