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High and Low( 1963)

TV-MADramaCrimeMystery
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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.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Toshirō Mifune

      Kingo Gondo

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      Tatsuya Nakadai

      Chief Detective Tokura

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      Kyōko Kagawa

      Reiko Gondo

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      Tatsuya Mihashi

      Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

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      Isao Kimura

      Detective Arai

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      Kenjirō Ishiyama

      Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

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      Takeshi Katō

      Detective Nakao

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      Takashi Shimura

      Chief of Investigation Section

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      Jun Tazaki

      Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

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      Nobuo Nakamura

      Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

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      Yūnosuke Itō

      Baba - National Shoes Executive

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      Tsutomu Yamazaki

      Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

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      Minoru Chiaki

      First Reporter

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      Eijirō Tōno

      Factory Worker

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      Masao Shimizu

      Prison Warden

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      Yutaka Sada

      Aoki - the Chauffeur

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      Masahiko Shimazu

      Shinichi Aoki

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      Toshio Egi

      Jun Gondo

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      Kōji Mitsui

      Second Reporter

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      Kyū Sazanka

      First Creditor

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      Susumu Fujita

      Chief of First Investigating Section

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      Kamatari Fujiwara

      Junkyard Cook

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      Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Detective Murata

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      Kazuo Kitamura

      Third Reporter

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      Gen Shimizu

      Chief Physician

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      Akira Nagoya

      Detective Yamamoto

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      Jun Hamamura

      Second Creditor

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      Masao Oda

      First Executor at Tax Office

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      Kō Nishimura

      Third Creditor

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      Yoshifumi Tajima

      Chief Prison Officer

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      Koji Kiyomura

      Fish Market Office Worker

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      Hiroshi Unayama

      Detective Shimada

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      Yoshisuke Makino

      Detective Takahashi

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      Jun Kondô

      Identification Center Worker

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      Tomo Suzuki

      Detective Koike

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      Senkichi Ōmura

      Messenger Passing Note to Intern

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      Kazuo Kato

      Identification Center Worker

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      Ikio Sawamura

      Yokohama Station Trolley Man

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      Kin Sugai

      Female Drug Addict

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      Keiko Tomita

      Murder Victim

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      Isao Onoda

      Male Drug Addict

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      Seiichi Taguchi

      Detective Nakamura

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      Takeo Matsushita

      Second Executor at Tax Office

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      Kiyoshi Yamamoto

      Detective Ueno

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      Kenji Kodama

      Detective Hara

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      Minoru Itō

      Detective

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      Haruo Suzuki

      Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

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      Kōzō Nomura

      Detective (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Sep 04 2023
    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, it's one of the best crime thrillers I've seen in ages. It all centres around the kidnapping of a small boy for whom the anger-prone, shoe millionaire "Gondo" (a strong contribution from Toshirô Mifune) is supposed to pay a ransom of ¥30 million - a colossal sum. It turns out, though, that it's not his son who has been snatched - it's the child of his chauffeur. Why ought he to pay? Will he just g...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    250000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • chauffeur
    • police
    • ransom
    • manager
    • kidnapping
    • blackmail
    • baby-snatching
    • film noir
    • shoe
    • japanese noir
    • emaciation