High and Low

Based On the book by Evan Hunter

High and Low (Japanese: 天国と地獄, Hepburn: Tengoku to Jigoku; lit. 'Heaven and Hell') is a 1963 Japanese police procedural film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It was written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijirō Hisaita, and Ryūzō Kikushima as a loose adaptation of the 1959 novel King's Ransom by Evan Hunter. Starring Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa and Tatsuya Mihashi, it tells the story of Japanese businessman Kingo Gondō (Mifune) struggling for control of the major shoe company of which he is a board member. He plans a leveraged buyout of the company with his life savings, when a kidnapper mistakenly abducts his chauffeur's son to ransom him for ¥30 million.

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Release date:

1963

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Isao Kimura, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki

Genre:

Drama, Police procedural, Neo-noir, Film noir, Film based on a

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1963 in adaptations