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Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief! - High and Low
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Title: High and Low

Release Date: 1 Mar 1963

Runtime: 2h 22m

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Production Companies: TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.3 (924 votes)

Cast

  • Kingo Gondo: Toshirō Mifune
  • Chief Detective Tokura: Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Reiko Gondo: Kyōko Kagawa
  • Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary: Tatsuya Mihashi
  • Detective Arai: Isao Kimura
  • Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi: Kenjirō Ishiyama
  • Detective Nakao: Takeshi Katō
  • Chief of Investigation Section: Takashi Shimura
  • Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director: Jun Tazaki
  • Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director: Nobuo Nakamura
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