High and Low
Akira Kurosawa1963-03-01
From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tense, taut film of a modern "perfect crime" with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.
8.3
142 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Toshirō Mifune | Kingo Gondo | Unowned |
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Tatsuya Nakadai | Chief Detective Tokura | Unowned |
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Kyōko Kagawa | Reiko Gondo | Unowned |
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Tatsuya Mihashi | Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary | Unowned |
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Isao Kimura | Detective Arai | Unowned |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama | Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi | Unowned |
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Takeshi Katō | Detective Nakao | Unowned |
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Takashi Shimura | Chief of Investigation Section | Unowned |
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Jun Tazaki | Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director | Unowned |
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Nobuo Nakamura | Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director | Unowned |
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Yūnosuke Itō | Baba - National Shoes Executive | Unowned |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki | Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern | Unowned |
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Minoru Chiaki | First Reporter | Unowned |
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Eijirō Tōno | Factory Worker | Unowned |
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Masao Shimizu | Prison Warden | Unowned |
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Yutaka Sada | Aoki - the Chauffeur | Unowned |
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Masahiko Shimazu | Shinichi Aoki | Unowned |
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Toshio Egi | Jun Gondo | Unowned |
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Kōji Mitsui | Second Reporter | Unowned |
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Kyū Sazanka | First Creditor | Unowned |
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Susumu Fujita | Chief of First Investigating Section | Unowned |
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Kamatari Fujiwara | Junkyard Cook | Unowned |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya | Detective Murata | Unowned |
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Kazuo Kitamura | Third Reporter | Unowned |
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Gen Shimizu | Chief Physician | Unowned |
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Akira Nagoya | Detective Yamamoto | Unowned |
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Jun Hamamura | Second Creditor | Unowned |
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Masao Oda | First Executor at Tax Office | Unowned |
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Kō Nishimura | Third Creditor | Unowned |
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Yoshifumi Tajima | Chief Prison Officer | Unowned |
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Koji Kiyomura | Fish Market Office Worker | Unowned |
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Hiroshi Unayama | Detective Shimada | Unowned |
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Yoshisuke Makino | Detective Takahashi | Unowned |
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Jun Kondô | Identification Center Worker | Unowned |
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Tomo Suzuki | Detective Koike | Unowned |
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Senkichi Ōmura | Messenger Passing Note to Intern | Unowned |
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Kazuo Kato | Identification Center Worker | Unowned |
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Ikio Sawamura | Yokohama Station Trolley Man | Unowned |
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Kin Sugai | Female Drug Addict | Unowned |
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Keiko Tomita | Murder Victim | Unowned |
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Isao Onoda | Male Drug Addict | Unowned |
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Seiichi Taguchi | Detective Nakamura | Unowned |
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Takeo Matsushita | Second Executor at Tax Office | Unowned |
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Detective Ueno | Unowned |
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Kenji Kodama | Detective Hara | Unowned |
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Minoru Itō | Detective | Unowned |
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Haruo Suzuki | Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict' | Unowned |
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Kōzō Nomura | Detective (uncredited) | Unowned |