High and Low
“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay / Story
Akira Kurosawa
Music Composer
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
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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Production Budget
$250,000
Worldwide Box Office
Undisclosed
Original Language
JA
Production Country
Japan
Content Rating
PG-13
Release Status
Released
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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
Jun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
