High and Low
Overview
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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3 wins & 3 nominations total
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"Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!"
Status
Released
Original Language
ja
Budget
$250,000
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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
Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Directing
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Writing
Ryuzo Kikushima
Producer
Production
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Production
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
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Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
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Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
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Hideo Oguni
Screenplay
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Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay
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Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
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'Highest 2 Lowest' is a Spike Lee joint of the first order - NPR
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Review: Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ lands in the great middle - San Francisco Chronicle
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“High and Low” (1963): the greatest crime film of all time - hamlineoracle.com
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Stray Dog/High and Low review – Kurosawa lifts crime drama to astonishing new peaks - The Guardian
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