High and Low

High and Low 1963

天国と地獄

★ 8.4TMDB 2h 22min Director: Akira Kurosawa

DramaCrimeThriller

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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Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Mihashi Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura
Isao Kimura Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Kenjirō Ishiyama Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō
Takeshi Katō Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki
Jun Tazaki Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Nobuo Nakamura Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō
Yūnosuke Itō Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tsutomu Yamazaki Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
Minoru Chiaki First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada
Yutaka Sada Aoki - the Chauffeur
Masahiko Shimazu
Masahiko Shimazu Shinichi Aoki
T
Toshio Egi Jun Gondo

Crew

Director
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita, Evan Hunter
Producers
Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō
Editing
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Masaru Satō
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Costume Design
Miyuki Suzuki

Details

Release date
Mar 1, 1963
Runtime
142 min
Status
Released
Budget
$250,000
Studios
TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese

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