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High and Low

1963, crime, drama, mystery, suspense

142 minutes

A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.

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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

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

Shinichi Aoki

Toshio Egi

Jun Gondo

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Second Reporter

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

First Creditor

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Chief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Junkyard Cook

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Detective Murata

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Third Reporter

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Chief Physician

Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

Detective Yamamoto

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Second Creditor

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

First Executor at Tax Office

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Third Creditor

Yoshifumi Tajima

Yoshifumi Tajima

Chief Prison Officer

Koji Kiyomura

Fish Market Office Worker

Hiroshi Unayama

Detective Shimada

Yoshisuke Makino

Detective Takahashi

Jun Kondô

Identification Center Worker

Tomo Suzuki

Tomo Suzuki

Detective Koike

Senkichi Ômura

Messenger Passing Note to Intern

Kazuo Katô

Kazuo Katô

Identification Center Worker

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Yokohama Station Trolley Man

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Female Drug Addict

Keiko Tomita

Murder Victim

Isao Onoda

Male Drug Addict

Seiichi Taguchi

Detective Nakamura

Takeo Matsushita

Second Executor at Tax Office

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Detective Ueno

Kenji Kodama

Kenji Kodama

Detective Hara

Minoru Itô

Detective

Haruo Suzuki

Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

Kôzô Nomura

Kôzô Nomura

Detective (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Yoshirō Muraki

Production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

Miyuki Suzuki

Costume design

Crew

Akio Nojima

Property master

Directing

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Teruyo Nogami

Teruyo Nogami

Script supervisor

Editing

Lighting

Production

Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Producer

Sound

Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Original music composer

Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound designer

Ichirô Minawa

Sound effects editor

Writing

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