High and Low (1963)

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 as Kingo Gondo
• Tatsuya Nakadai as Chief Detective Tokura
• Kyōko Kagawa as Reiko Gondo
• Tatsuya Mihashi as Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
• Isao Kimura as Detective Arai
• Kenjirō Ishiyama as Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
• Takeshi Katō as Detective Nakao
• Takashi Shimura as Chief of Investigation Section
• Jun Tazaki as Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
• Nobuo Nakamura as Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

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