High and Low
"Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!"
1963-03-01
8.356
ja 142mDramaCrimeThriller
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima
Screenplay
Hideo Oguni
chauffeur police ransom manager kidnapping blackmail heroin film noir black and white shoe criminal investigation japanese noir anxious yokohama shōwa era (1926-89) audacious cruel japanese society
Status
ReleasedBudget
$250,000Countries
- Japan
Companies
- TOHO
- Kurosawa Production
