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High and Low (1963)

High and Low (1963)

Drama Crime Thriller Mystery

Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

Release Date: 1963, March 1
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Eijirō Tōno, Gen Shimizu, Minoru Itō, Senkichi Ōmura, Haruo Suzuki, Takeshi Katō

Overview:

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

Keywords:

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