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84% Critic Match
High and Low
“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”
8.4 / 10• 1963• 2h 22m•NR• Japanese
DramaCrimeThriller
Storyline
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Cast & Crew
Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Akira Kurosawa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. High and Low is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
