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High and Low | 天国と地獄

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.

Description: In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

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Budget: $250,000 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 142 minutes

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Toshirō Mifune

Played Kingo Gondo

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Played Chief Detective Tokura

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Kyōko Kagawa

Played Reiko Gondo

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Tatsuya Mihashi

Played Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

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Isao Kimura

Played Detective Arai

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Kenjirō Ishiyama

Played Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

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Takeshi Katō

Played Detective Nakao

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Takashi Shimura

Played Chief of Investigation Section

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Jun Tazaki

Played Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

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Nobuo Nakamura

Played Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

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Yūnosuke Itō

Played Baba - National Shoes Executive

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Tsutomu Yamazaki

Played Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

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Minoru Chiaki

Played First Reporter

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Eijirō Tōno

Played Factory Worker

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Masao Shimizu

Played Prison Warden

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Yutaka Sada

Played Aoki - the Chauffeur

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Masahiko Shimazu

Played Shinichi Aoki

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Toshio Egi

Played Jun Gondo

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Kōji Mitsui

Played Second Reporter

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Kyū Sazanka

Played First Creditor

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Susumu Fujita

Played Chief of First Investigating Section

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Kamatari Fujiwara

Played Junkyard Cook

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Yoshio Tsuchiya

Played Detective Murata

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Kazuo Kitamura

Played Third Reporter

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Gen Shimizu

Played Chief Physician

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Akira Nagoya

Played Detective Yamamoto

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Jun Hamamura

Played Second Creditor

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Masao Oda

Played First Executor at Tax Office

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Kō Nishimura

Played Third Creditor

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Yoshifumi Tajima

Played Chief Prison Officer

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Koji Kiyomura

Played Fish Market Office Worker

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Hiroshi Unayama

Played Detective Shimada

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Yoshisuke Makino

Played Detective Takahashi

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Jun Kondô

Played Identification Center Worker

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Tomo Suzuki

Played Detective Koike

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Senkichi Ōmura

Played Messenger Passing Note to Intern

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Kazuo Kato

Played Identification Center Worker

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Ikio Sawamura

Played Yokohama Station Trolley Man

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Kin Sugai

Played Female Drug Addict

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Keiko Tomita

Played Murder Victim

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Isao Onoda

Played Male Drug Addict

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Seiichi Taguchi

Played Detective Nakamura

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Takeo Matsushita

Played Second Executor at Tax Office

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Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Played Detective Ueno

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Kenji Kodama

Played Detective Hara

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Minoru Itō

Played Detective

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Haruo Suzuki

Played Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

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Kōzō Nomura

Played Detective (uncredited)

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