High and Low

Synopsis

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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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

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki

First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno

Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu

Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada

Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu

Shinichi Aoki

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Toshio Egi

Jun Gondo

Kōji Mitsui

Second Reporter

Kyū Sazanka

First Creditor

Crew

Art

• Yoshirō Muraki Production Design

Camera

• Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
• Takao Saitō Director of Photography
• Kazutami Hara First Assistant Camera
• Yudai Kato Camera Intern
• Masaharu Ueda Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Miyuki Suzuki Costume Design

Crew

• Akio Nojima Property Master
• Sompote Sands Intern

Directing

• Akira Kurosawa Director
• Yōichi Matsue Assistant Director
• Kenjirô Ohmori Assistant Director
• Teruyo Nogami Script Supervisor
• Masanobu Deme Assistant Director
• Shirō Moritani Assistant Director

Editing

• Reiko Kaneko Editorial Production Assistant
• Akira Kurosawa Editor

Lighting

• Ichirō Inohara Lighting Technician
• Hiromitsu Mori Lighting Technician

Production

• Ryuzo Kikushima Producer
• Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
• Hiroshi Nezu Production Supervisor
• Akira Kurosawa Associate Producer

Sound

• Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
• Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
• Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer
• Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Designer

Writing

• Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
• Hideo Oguni Screenplay
• Ryuzo Kikushima Screenplay
• Eijiro Hisaita Screenplay
• Evan Hunter Novel

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