High and Low (1963)

Plot

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Cast

Toshirô Mifune

Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura

Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo

Kenjirô Ishiyama

Isao KimuraDetective Arai

Tessa PosnanskyDetective Nakao

Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section

Tsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru ChiakiFirst Reporter

Eijirō TōnoFactory Worker

Masao ShimizuPrison Warden

Raymond ChandlerSecond Reporter

Susumu FujitaChief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari FujiwaraJunkyard Cook

Writers and directors

Akira KurosawaDirector

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

I didn't take to this initially. The scenario reminded me a little of an episode of "Columbo" - a rather sterile, studio-set environment that came across as quite limiting. Once it gets going, though,…4. Sep 2023

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Zak_Jaggs ★ 8.0/10

A well worked, high stake crime thriller. The stakes are deeply personal to our main characters and puts them in an impossible situation. The performances and direction are very solid, the story is en…19. Dec 2024

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Brent Marchant ★ 7.0/10

I’m always amazed at how a single film can be fundamentally characterized in multiple ways, but that’s understandable when the picture combines an array of diverse elements, each of which has a validi…27. Aug 2025

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