High and Low

High and Low

"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."

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.

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Kingo Gondo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao Kimura

Isao Kimura

Detective Arai

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Kenjirō Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Detective Nakao

Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

Yūnosuke Itō

Yūnosuke Itō

Baba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru Chiaki

Minoru Chiaki

First Reporter

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Factory Worker

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Prison Warden

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Aoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko Shimazu

Masahiko Shimazu

Shinichi Aoki

Toshio Egi

Jun Gondo

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Second Reporter

Kyū Sazanka

Kyū Sazanka

First Creditor

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Chief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

Junkyard Cook

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Detective Murata

Kazuo Kitamura

Kazuo Kitamura

Third Reporter

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Chief Physician

Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

Detective Yamamoto

Jun Hamamura

Jun Hamamura

Second Creditor

Masao Oda

Masao Oda

First Executor at Tax Office

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Third Creditor

Yoshifumi Tajima

Yoshifumi Tajima

Chief Prison Officer

Koji Kiyomura

Fish Market Office Worker

Hiroshi Unayama

Detective Shimada

Yoshisuke Makino

Detective Takahashi

Jun Kondô

Identification Center Worker

Tomo Suzuki

Tomo Suzuki

Detective Koike

Senkichi Ōmura

Senkichi Ōmura

Messenger Passing Note to Intern

Kazuo Kato

Identification Center Worker

Ikio Sawamura

Ikio Sawamura

Yokohama Station Trolley Man

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Female Drug Addict

Keiko Tomita

Keiko Tomita

Murder Victim

Isao Onoda

Male Drug Addict

Seiichi Taguchi

Detective Nakamura

Takeo Matsushita

Second Executor at Tax Office

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Detective Ueno

Kenji Kodama

Kenji Kodama

Detective Hara

Minoru Itō

Detective

Haruo Suzuki

Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'

Kōzō Nomura

Kōzō Nomura

Detective (uncredited)