High and Low

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High and Low (1963)

12 26/11/1963 (US) Drama, Crime, Thriller 2h 22m

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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.

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A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Screenplay
Evan Hunter

Novel
Hideo Oguni

Screenplay
Eijirō Hisaita

Screenplay
Ryūzō Kikushima

Screenplay

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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
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I didn't take to this initially. The scenario reminded me a little of an episode of "Columbo" - a rather sterile, studio-set environment that came across as quite limiting. Once it gets going, though, it's one of the best crime thrillers I've seen in ages. It all centres around the kidnapping of a small boy for whom the anger-prone, shoe millionaire "Gondo" (a strong contribution from Toshirô Mifune) is supposed to pay a ransom of ¥30 million - a colossal sum. It turns out, though, that it's not his son who has been snatched - it's the child of his chauffeur. Why ought he to pay? Will he just g... leggi il resto.

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