High and Low
天国と地獄
Release: 1963-03-01
·Runtime: 142m
·★ 8.3
Drama
Crime
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Kurosawa Production
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kōji Mitsui
as Second Reporter
Kō Nishimura
as Third Creditor
Tomo Suzuki
as Detective Koike
Kazuo Katō
as Identification Center Worker
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Chief Detective Tokura
Minoru Chiaki
as First Reporter
Yutaka Sada
as Aoki - the Chauffeur
Kin Sugai
as Female Drug Addict
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Eijirō Tōno
as Factory Worker
Susumu Fujita
as Chief of First Investigating Section
Kamatari Fujiwara
as Junkyard Cook
Jun Hamamura
as Second Creditor
Senkichi Ōmura
as Messenger Passing Note to Intern
Kyōko Kagawa
as Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Chief Prison Officer
Ikio Sawamura
as Yokohama Station Trolley Man
Kenjirō Ishiyama
as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Masahiko Shimazu
as Shinichi Aoki
Kōzō Nomura
as Detective (uncredited)
Yūnosuke Itō
as Baba - National Shoes Executive
Masao Shimizu
as Prison Warden
Kyū Sazanka
as First Creditor
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Detective Murata
Gen Shimizu
as Chief Physician
Akira Nagoya
as Detective Yamamoto
Keiko Tomita
as Murder Victim
Masao Oda
as First Executor at Tax Office
Kiyoshi Yamamoto
as Detective Ueno
Takeshi Katō
as Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
as Chief of Investigation Section
Kazuo Kitamura
as Third Reporter
Kenji Kodama
as Detective Hara
Haruo Suzuki
as Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Toshirō Mifune
as Kingo Gondo
Isao Kimura
as Detective Arai
Jun Tazaki
as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Crew
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer
Teruyo Nogami
Script Supervisor
Masanobu Deme
Assistant Director
Asakazu Nakai
Director of Photography
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay, Director, Associate Producer, Editor
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Eijiro Hisaita
Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay, Producer
Evan Hunter
Novel
Hideo Oguni
Screenplay