High and Low

High and Low (1963)

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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From 818 Ratings
8.4 90 96%

Summary

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.

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    Production Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer
    Writing Evan Hunter Novel
    Art Yoshirō Muraki Production Design
    Writing Hideo Oguni Screenplay
    Camera Takao Saitō Director of Photography
    Production Ryūzō Kikushima Producer
    Production Akira Kurosawa Producer
    Writing Ryūzō Kikushima Screenplay
    Costume & Make-Up Miyuki Suzuki Costume Design
    Writing Eijirō Hisaita Screenplay
    Sound Masaru Satō Original Music Composer
    Camera Asakazu Nakai Director of Photography
    Writing Akira Kurosawa Screenplay
    Directing Akira Kurosawa Director
    Editing Reiko Kaneko Editorial Production Assistant
    Directing Yōichi Matsue Assistant Director
    Directing Kenjirô Ohmori Assistant Director
    Directing Teruyo Nogami Script Supervisor
    Camera Kazutami Hara First Assistant Camera
    Lighting Hiromitsu Mori Lighting Technician
    Production Hiroshi Nezu Production Supervisor
    Camera Yudai Kato Camera Intern
    Sound Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Mixer
    Directing Shirō Moritani Assistant Director
    Sound Ichirô Minawa Sound Effects Editor
    Directing Masanobu Deme Assistant Director
    Lighting Ichirō Inohara Lighting Technician
    Crew Akio Nojima Property Master
    Camera Masaharu Ueda Assistant Camera
    Sound Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Designer
    Editing Akira Kurosawa Editor
    Sound Franz Schubert Music