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High and Low

High and Low (1963)

From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tense, taut film of a modern "perfect crime" with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.

Rating

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Runtime: 2hr 22min

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Available to rent or buy

DESCRIPTION

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servant's son is kidnapped.

🎭 Top Cast

Cast member photo for toshir-mifune — Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo

Cast member photo for tatsuya-nakadai — Tatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective Tokura

Cast member photo for kyko-kagawa — Kyōko Kagawa
Reiko Gondo

Cast member photo for tatsuya-mihashi — Tatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Cast member photo for isao-kimura — Isao Kimura
Detective Arai

Cast member photo for kenjir-ishiyama — Kenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Cast member photo for takeshi-kat — Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao

Cast member photo for takashi-shimura — Takashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation Section

Cast member photo for jun-tazaki — Jun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Cast member photo for nobuo-nakamura — Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Cast member photo for ynosuke-it — Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive

Cast member photo for tsutomu-yamazaki — Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Cast member photo for minoru-chiaki — Minoru Chiaki
First Reporter

Cast member photo for eijir-tno — Eijirō Tōno
Factory Worker

Cast member photo for masao-shimizu — Masao Shimizu
Prison Warden

Cast member photo for yutaka-sada — Yutaka Sada
Aoki - the Chauffeur

Cast member photo for masahiko-shimazu — Masahiko Shimazu
Shinichi Aoki

Cast member photo for toshio-egi — Toshio Egi
Jun Gondo

Cast member photo for kji-mitsui — Kōji Mitsui
Second Reporter

Cast member photo for ky-sazanka — Kyū Sazanka
First Creditor

Cast member photo for susumu-fujita — Susumu Fujita
Chief of First Investigating Section

Cast member photo for kamatari-fujiwara — Kamatari Fujiwara
Junkyard Cook

Cast member photo for yoshio-tsuchiya — Yoshio Tsuchiya
Detective Murata

Cast member photo for kazuo-kitamura — Kazuo Kitamura
Third Reporter

Cast member photo for gen-shimizu — Gen Shimizu
Chief Physician

Cast member photo for akira-nagoya — Akira Nagoya
Detective Yamamoto

Cast member photo for jun-hamamura — Jun Hamamura
Second Creditor

Cast member photo for masao-oda — Masao Oda
First Executor at Tax Office

Cast member photo for k-nishimura — Kō Nishimura
Third Creditor

Cast member photo for yoshifumi-tajima — Yoshifumi Tajima
Chief Prison Officer

Cast member photo for koji-kiyomura — Koji Kiyomura
Fish Market Office Worker

Cast member photo for hiroshi-unayama — Hiroshi Unayama
Detective Shimada

Cast member photo for yoshisuke-makino — Yoshisuke Makino
Detective Takahashi

Cast member photo for jun-kond — Jun Kondô
Identification Center Worker

Cast member photo for tomo-suzuki — Tomo Suzuki
Detective Koike

Cast member photo for senkichi-mura — Senkichi Ōmura
Messenger Passing Note to Intern

Cast member photo for kazuo-kato — Kazuo Kato
Identification Center Worker

Cast member photo for ikio-sawamura — Ikio Sawamura
Yokohama Station Trolley Man

Cast member photo for kin-sugai — Kin Sugai
Female Drug Addict

Cast member photo for keiko-tomita — Keiko Tomita
Murder Victim

Cast member photo for isao-onoda — Isao Onoda
Male Drug Addict

Cast member photo for seiichi-taguchi — Seiichi Taguchi
Detective Nakamura

Cast member photo for takeo-matsushita — Takeo Matsushita
Second Executor at Tax Office

Cast member photo for kiyoshi-yamamoto — Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Detective Ueno

Cast member photo for kenji-kodama — Kenji Kodama
Detective Hara

Cast member photo for minoru-it — Minoru Itō
Detective

Cast member photo for haruo-suzuki — Haruo Suzuki
Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

Cast member photo for kz-nomura — Kōzō Nomura
Detective (uncredited)

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