Mar 01, 1963
142 min
Full-HD

High and Low (1963)

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

Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

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