TOHO & Kurosawa Production present

High and Low

天国と地獄

directed by Akira Kurosawa

“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”

19632h 22mNRDrama

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High and Low

directed by Akira Kurosawa

“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”

19632h 22mNRDrama

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§ Synopsis

Drama · Crime · Thriller

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

§ Keywords

what it's about

chauffeur police ransom manager kidnapping blackmail heroin film noir black and white shoe criminal investigation japanese noir frantic class relations anxious yokohama shōwa era (1926-89)audacious cruel japanese society

§ Crew

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Director

Screenplay

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Music

§ Cast

8 of 40

Toshirō Mifune

as Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

as Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura

as Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

as Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

as Chief of Investigation Section

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HBO Max

stream

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