High and Low

High and Low

Overview

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Ratings

IMDb 8.4
TMDB 8.4
Rotten Tomatoes 97
Metacritic 90

Details

Director Akira Kurosawa
Cast Isao Kimura, Jun Tazaki, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Kyôko Kagawa, Nobuo Nakamura, Takashi Shimura, Takeshi Katô, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirō Mifune
Country Japan
Release Year 1963
Runtime: 2h 23m
Budget: 72,745 USD
Release Date: 1963-11-26
Awards: Top rated movie #84 | Awards, 3 wins & 3 nominations total
Tagline: 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.