Genres
Drama , Crime , Mystery , Thriller
Duration
142 min
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Rating
8.3
Release Date
March 1, 1963
High and Low
Original title: 天国と地獄
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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.
High and Low cast
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Toshirō Mifune
Character:
Kingo Gondo
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Tatsuya Nakadai
Character:
Chief Detective Tokura
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Kyōko Kagawa
Character:
Reiko Gondo
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Tatsuya Mihashi
Character:
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
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Isao Kimura
Character:
Detective Arai
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Kenjirō Ishiyama
Character:
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
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Takeshi Katō
Character:
Detective Nakao
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Takashi Shimura
Character:
Chief of Investigation Section
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Jun Tazaki
Character:
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
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Nobuo Nakamura
Character:
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
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Yūnosuke Itō
Character:
Baba - National Shoes Executive
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Tsutomu Yamazaki
Character:
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
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Minoru Chiaki
Character:
First Reporter
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Eijirō Tōno
Character:
Factory Worker
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Masao Shimizu
Character:
Prison Warden
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Yutaka Sada
Character:
Aoki - the Chauffeur
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Masahiko Shimazu
Character:
Shinichi Aoki
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Toshio Egi
Character:
Jun Gondo
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Kōji Mitsui
Character:
Second Reporter
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Kyū Sazanka
Character:
First Creditor
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Susumu Fujita
Character:
Chief of First Investigating Section
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Kamatari Fujiwara
Character:
Junkyard Cook
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Yoshio Tsuchiya
Character:
Detective Murata
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Kazuo Kitamura
Character:
Third Reporter
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Gen Shimizu
Character:
Chief Physician
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Akira Nagoya
Character:
Detective Yamamoto
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Jun Hamamura
Character:
Second Creditor
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Masao Oda
Character:
First Executor at Tax Office
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Kō Nishimura
Character:
Third Creditor
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Yoshibumi Tajima
Character:
Chief Prison Officer
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Koji Kiyomura
Character:
Fish Market Office Worker
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Hiroshi Unayama
Character:
Detective Shimada
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Yoshisuke Makino
Character:
Detective Takahashi
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Jun Kondô
Character:
Identification Center Worker
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Tomo Suzuki
Character:
Detective Koike
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Senkichi Ōmura
Character:
Messenger Passing Note to Intern
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Kazuo Katō
Character:
Identification Center Worker
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Ikio Sawamura
Character:
Yokohama Station Trolley Man
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Kin Sugai
Character:
Female Drug Addict
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Keiko Tomita
Character:
Murder Victim
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Isao Onoda
Character:
Male Drug Addict
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Seiichi Taguchi
Character:
Detective Nakamura
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Takeo Matsushita
Character:
Second Executor at Tax Office
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto
Character:
Detective Ueno
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Kenji Kodama
Character:
Detective Hara
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Minoru Itō
Character:
Detective
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Haruo Suzuki
Character:
Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
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Kōzō Nomura
Character:
Detective (uncredited)
