High and Low
A powerful Yokohama shoe executive must decide whether to sacrifice his fortune to save a child's life when kidnappers mistakenly abduct his chauffeur’s son and demand an impossible ransom.
“Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!”
Synopsis
A shoe company executive from Yokohama is forced to confront a difficult decision when kidnappers take the son of his chauffeur by mistake, yet still demand a ransom.
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Edited by Akira KurosawaShot by Asakazu NakaiScored by Masaru SatoDesigned by Yoshiro Muraki
Box Office
1963 · Box office
Produced on a $250K budget
Production budget
$250K
Also known as
- Zwischen Himmel und Höllede
- 天国と地獄de
- High and Lowen
- El infierno del odioes
- Entre le ciel et l'enferfr
- Anatomia di un rapimentoit
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Cast & Crew
57 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Toshiro Mifune
as Kingo Gondô
Yutaka Sada
as Aoki - the Chauffeur
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Chief Detective Tokura
Kyoko Kagawa
as Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura
as Detective Arai
Kenjiro Ishiyama
as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Kato
as Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
as Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki
as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yunosuke Ito
as Baba - National Shoes Executive
Supporting cast
36Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
as First Reporter
Eijiro Tono
as Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
as Prison Warden
Masahiko Shimazu
as Shinichi Aoki
Toshio Egi
as Jun Gondo
Koji Mitsui
as Second Reporter
Kyu Sazanka
as First Creditor
Susumu Fujita
as Chief of First Investigating Section
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Junkyard Cook
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Detective Murata
Kazuo Kitamura
as Third Reporter
Gen Shimizu
as Chief Physician
Akira Nagoya
as Detective Yamamoto
Jun Hamamura
as Second Creditor
Masao Oda
as First Executor at Tax Office
Ko Nishimura
as Third Creditor
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Chief Prison Officer
Koji Kiyomura
as Fish Market Office Worker
Hiroshi Unayama
as Detective Shimada
Yoshisuke Makino
as Detective Takahashi
Jun Kondo
as Identification Center Worker
Tomo Suzuki
as Detective Koike
Senkichi Omura
as Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Kazuo Kato
as Identification Center Worker
Ikio Sawamura
as Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Kin Sugai
as Female Drug Addict
Keiko Tomita
as Murder Victim
Isao Onoda
as Male Drug Addict
Seiichi Taguchi
as Detective Nakamura
Takeo Matsushita
as Second Executor at Tax Office
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
as Detective Ueno
Kenji Kodama
as Detective Hara
Minoru Ito
as Detective
Haruo Suzuki
as Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Kozo Nomura
as Detective (uncredited)
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2Other crew
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