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High and Low (1963)

NR ★ 8.4/10 142 min Drama, Crime, Thriller Japan Japanese

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay by: Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita
Novel: Evan Hunter

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Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

Description

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

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Top Cast

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

High and Low Appears on 15 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection

Criterion Collection #24

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux

Metacritic #383

Critic Curated

Paste Magazines Best Movies Of The 1960s

Paste Magazine #27

Slashfilms 95 Best Thrillers Ever Made

Vulture's 101 Best Movie Endings

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies

Letterboxd #282

Martin Scorsese's Favorite Movies

Martin Scorsese's Top Ten Widescreen Films

Park Chan Wook's List Of 50 Favorite Films

Fun Lists

The Most Perfect Films On Letterboxd

Letterboxd #436

Genre Curation

100 Essential Thrillers by BFI

British Film Institute #41

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1960-1969 Films

Movies Where A 5 Star Rating Is Most Common

The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users

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