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High and Low 1963 Directed by Akira Kurosawa 天国と地獄

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Crime , Drama , Thriller
Production Companies TOHO , Kurosawa Production
Budget $250,000
Release Date 1 March 1963
142 mins
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
Toshio Egi
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
Yoshibumi Tajima
Yoshibumi Tajima Chief Prison Officer
Koji Kiyomura
Koji Kiyomura Fish Market Office Worker
Hiroshi Unayama
Hiroshi Unayama Detective Shimada
Yoshisuke Makino
Yoshisuke Makino Detective Takahashi
Jun Kondô
Jun Kondô Identification Center Worker
Tomo Suzuki
Tomo Suzuki Detective Koike
Senkichi Ōmura
Senkichi Ōmura Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Kazuo Katō
Kazuo Katō Identification Center Worker
Ikio Sawamura
Ikio Sawamura Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai Female Drug Addict
Keiko Tomita
Keiko Tomita Murder Victim
Isao Onoda
Isao Onoda Male Drug Addict
Seiichi Taguchi
Seiichi Taguchi Detective Nakamura
Takeo Matsushita
Takeo Matsushita Second Executor at Tax Office
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Kiyoshi Yamamoto Detective Ueno
Kenji Kodama
Kenji Kodama Detective Hara
Minoru Itō
Minoru Itō Detective
Haruo Suzuki
Haruo Suzuki Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Kōzō Nomura
Kōzō Nomura Detective (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Writers
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
Hideo Oguni
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Eijiro Hisaita
Eijiro Hisaita
Producers
Ryuzo Kikushima
Ryuzo Kikushima
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Hiroshi Nezu
Hiroshi Nezu
Cinematography
Asakazu Nakai
Asakazu Nakai
Takao Saitō
Takao Saitō
Composer
Masaru Satō
Masaru Satō
Editor
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Yoshirō Muraki
Sound
Ichirô Minawa
Ichirô Minawa
Hisashi Shimonaga
Hisashi Shimonaga
Fumio Yanoguchi
Fumio Yanoguchi
Original Writer
Evan Hunter
Evan Hunter
Costume Design
Miyuki Suzuki
Miyuki Suzuki
Script Supervisor
Teruyo Nogami
Teruyo Nogami
Lighting
Ichirō Inohara
Ichirō Inohara
Hiromitsu Mori
Hiromitsu Mori
Assistant Directors
Yōichi Matsue
Yōichi Matsue
Kenjirô Ohmori
Kenjirô Ohmori
Masanobu Deme
Masanobu Deme
Shirō Moritani
Shirō Moritani