High and Low
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servant's son is kidnapped.
Release Date
March 1, 1963Runtime
142 minRating
NRDirected by
Akira Kurosawa, Yōichi Matsue, Kenjirô Ohmori, Teruyo Nogami, Masanobu Deme, Shirō MoritaniScreenplay by
Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima, Eijirō HisaitaLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$250,000Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Toshirō Mifune
Kingo GondoTatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective TokuraKyōko Kagawa
Reiko GondoTatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretaryIsao Kimura
Detective AraiKenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' TaguchiTakeshi Katō
Detective NakaoTakashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation SectionJun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity DirectorNobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department DirectorYūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes ExecutiveTsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical InternMinoru Chiaki
First ReporterEijirō Tōno
Factory WorkerMasao Shimizu
Prison WardenYutaka Sada
Aoki - the ChauffeurMasahiko Shimazu
Shinichi AokiKōji Mitsui
Second ReporterKyū Sazanka
First CreditorSusumu Fujita
Chief of First Investigating SectionKamatari Fujiwara
Junkyard CookYoshio Tsuchiya
Detective MurataKazuo Kitamura
Third ReporterGen Shimizu
Chief PhysicianAkira Nagoya
Detective YamamotoMasao Oda
First Executor at Tax OfficeKō Nishimura
Third CreditorYoshifumi Tajima
Chief Prison OfficerTomo Suzuki
Detective KoikeSenkichi Ōmura
Messenger Passing Note to InternIkio Sawamura
Yokohama Station Trolley ManKin Sugai
Female Drug AddictKeiko Tomita
Murder VictimKenji Kodama
Detective HaraKōzō Nomura
Detective (uncredited)Images
Videos
High and Low (1963) Original Trailer [4K]
'High and Low' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times
Similar movies
Romeo Is Bleeding
September 13, 1993Cop Land
August 15, 1997Breakdown
May 2, 1997Groupe Flag: Vrai ou faux
September 23, 2005Con su Música a otra parte
March 7, 1984Visitor Q
March 17, 2001Appointment with Death
April 15, 1988Kikujiro
June 5, 1999L.A. Vice
October 1, 1989The Kingdom
August 22, 2007Dr. Socrates
October 19, 1935Für den unbekannten Hund
November 8, 2007Black Rain
September 22, 1989Paul and Michelle
March 15, 1974La Voleuse
August 26, 1966Les Misérables
May 1, 1998The Silent Hour
October 3, 2024The Call
January 30, 2020The Confession
October 31, 2024Black Silk
June 1, 1961