A Glean movie pick

High and Low

Name: High and Low
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Released: 1963-03-01
Duration: 142 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

1963
2h 22m
Drama
Crime
Thriller
★ 8.4

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

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The story

About High and Low

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

Faces in the story

Top 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