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High and Low

A high-stakes game of mistaken identity unfolds as a wealthy businessman's life is disrupted when extortionists kidnap the wrong child, his chauffeur's son, prompting a desperate search to rescue the boy before time runs out.

A wealthy businessman faces a daunting decision when his son is kidnapped and the kidnapper demands a massive ransom. However, a shocking twist reveals that the wrong child was taken - the chauffeur's son - leaving the businessman with a moral dilemma.

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Main Cast

Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura

Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao KimuraDetective Arai

Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section

Jun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke ItōBaba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru ChiakiFirst Reporter

Eijirō TōnoFactory Worker

Masao ShimizuPrison Warden

Yutaka SadaAoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko ShimazuShinichi Aoki

Kōji MitsuiSecond Reporter

Kyū SazankaFirst Creditor

Susumu FujitaChief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari FujiwaraJunkyard Cook

Yoshio TsuchiyaDetective Murata

Kazuo KitamuraThird Reporter

Gen ShimizuChief Physician

Jun HamamuraSecond Creditor

Masao OdaFirst Executor at Tax Office

Kō NishimuraThird Creditor

Yoshifumi TajimaChief Prison Officer

Koji Kiyomura

Koji KiyomuraFish Market Office Worker

Senkichi ŌmuraMessenger Passing Note to Intern

Kazuo Katō

Kazuo KatōIdentification Center Worker

Ikio SawamuraYokohama Station Trolley Man

Kin SugaiFemale Drug Addict

Keiko TomitaMurder Victim

Takeo Matsushita

Takeo MatsushitaSecond Executor at Tax Office

Kenji KodamaDetective Hara

Haruo Suzuki

Haruo SuzukiUndercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

Kōzō NomuraDetective (uncredited)

Toshirô MifuneKingo Gondô

Kyôko KagawaReiko Gondô

Kenjirô IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi KatôDetective Nakao

Creators

Akira KurosawaDirector, Screenplay

Evan HunterNovel

Hideo OguniScreenplay

Ryūzō KikushimaScreenplay

Eijirō HisaitaScreenplay

High and Low Videos

High and Low (Tengoku to Jigoku) 1963 trailer with subtitles

High and Low (Tengoku to Jigoku) 1963 trailer with subtitles

High and Low (1963) Original Trailer [4K]

High and Low (1963) Original Trailer [4K]

'High and Low' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

'High and Low' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

Info about High and Low

Studio(s): TOHO, Kurosawa Production

Originally Released: United States, Nov 26, 1963

Production Country: Japan

Genres:Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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Currently, you have the opportunity to watch "High and Low" by streaming it on the following platforms: Max, The Criterion Channel. Additionally, viewers have the option to either rent or purchase "High and Low" on the following digital platforms: AppleTV, Amazon, VUDU.