High and Low (1963)
From Akira Kurosawa, director of 'Yojimbo' and 'Sanjuro' comes a tense, taut film of a modern 'perfect crime' with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.
Starring Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Runtime: 142 min.
Rating: 8.4
DVD
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan
Genres: Crime,Drama,Mystery,Thriller
Keywords: manager,ransom,kidnapping,blackmail,chauffeur,baby-snatching,police,noir,shoe,japanese noir,emaciation
Cast
Kingo Gondo
Chief Detective Tokura
Reiko Gondo
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Detective Arai
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Detective Nakao
Chief of Investigation Section
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
First Reporter
Factory Worker
Prison Warden
Aoki - the Chauffeur
Shinichi Aoki
Jun Gondo
Second Reporter
First Creditor
Chief of First Investigating Section
Junkyard Cook
Detective Murata
Third Reporter
Chief Physician
Detective Yamamoto
Second Creditor
First Executor at Tax Office
Third Creditor
Chief Prison Officer
Fish Market Office Worker
Detective Shimada
Detective Takahashi
Identification Center Worker
Detective Koike
Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Identification Center Worker
Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Female Drug Addict
Murder Victim
Male Drug Addict
Detective Nakamura
Second Executor at Tax Office
Detective Ueno
Detective Hara
Detective
Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Detective (uncredited)
Drug Addict