Fresh
One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
High and Low
Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!
1963 · 2h 22m · Not Rated
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Overview
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Director and cast
- Akira Kurosawa Director
- Toshirō Mifune as Kingo Gondo
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Chief Detective Tokura
- Kyōko Kagawa as Reiko Gondo
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
- Isao Kimura as Detective Arai
- Kenjirō Ishiyama as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
- Takeshi Katō as Detective Nakao
- Takashi Shimura as Chief of Investigation Section
- Jun Tazaki as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
- Nobuo Nakamura as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While not a masterpiece on par with Kurosawa's best work, High And Low is a fine example of his craft, and further proof that it's not a few masterpieces but the overall scope of a career that defines a great director.
Keith Phipps, AV Club
Fresh
High and Low illuminates its world with a wholeness and complexity you rarely see in film.
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
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