High and Low (1963)

Movie Details

Original Title 天国と地獄

Original Language JA

Budget $250,000

Status Released

Popularity 4.4

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Popularity: 1.7

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Popularity: 1.5

Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo

Popularity: 0.9

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Popularity: 0.8

Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Popularity: 0.9

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Popularity: 0.4

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Popularity: 1.0

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Popularity: 1.4

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Popularity: 0.8

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Popularity: 1.0

Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Popularity: 0.7

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Popularity: 2.0

Key Crew

Director Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima

Producer Ryūzō Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka

Editor Akira Kurosawa

Production

TOHO

Kurosawa Production

Videos & Trailers

High and Low (1963) Original Trailer [4K]

Trailer

'High and Low' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

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Keywords

chauffeur police ransom manager kidnapping blackmail baby-snatching film noir shoe japanese noir emaciation yokohama shōwa era (1926-89)

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10

Sep 4, 2023

I didn't take to this initially. The scenario reminded me a little of an episode of "Columbo" - a rather sterile, studio-set environment that came across as quite limiting. Once it gets going, though, it's one of the best crime thrillers I've seen in ages. It all centres around the kidnapping of a s ... Read more

Zak_Jaggs 8/10

Dec 19, 2024

A well worked, high stake crime thriller. The stakes are deeply personal to our main characters and puts them in an impossible situation. The performances and direction are very solid, the story is engaging and ultimately, it's a simple yet enjoyable film. Kurosawa comments on modern corporate greed ... Read more