Mar 01, 1963
142 min
Full-HD

High and Low (1963)

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.

Category

Drama Crime Thriller

Country

Japan

Companies

TOHO Kurosawa Production

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

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