High and Low (1963)

Released: 1963-03-01 Duration: 2hr 22min

Genres: Drama Crime Thriller

Rating 8.3

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Stark, intense drama almost beyond belief!

Overview

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Production Companies

TOHO

Kurosawa Production

Additional Info

Budget	$250,000.00
Revenue	$0.00
Original Language	ja
Popularity	6.5882

Directed By

Akira Kurosawa

Crew

Director
Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay
Akira Kurosawa

Producer
Ryuzo Kikushima

Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka

Original Music Composer
Masaru Satō

Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai

Director of Photography
Takao Saitō

Production Design
Yoshirō Muraki

Screenplay
Hideo Oguni

Screenplay
Ryuzo Kikushima

Screenplay
Eijiro Hisaita

Novel
Evan Hunter

Costume Design
Miyuki Suzuki

Assistant Director
Yōichi Matsue

Assistant Director
Kenjirô Ohmori

Editorial Production Assistant
Reiko Kaneko

Script Supervisor
Teruyo Nogami

Production Supervisor
Hiroshi Nezu

Assistant Director
Masanobu Deme

Assistant Director
Shirō Moritani

Sound Effects Editor
Ichirô Minawa

Sound Mixer
Hisashi Shimonaga

Lighting Technician
Ichirō Inohara

Lighting Technician
Hiromitsu Mori

First Assistant Camera
Kazutami Hara

Camera Intern
Yudai Kato

Property Master
Akio Nojima

Associate Producer
Akira Kurosawa

Assistant Camera
Masaharu Ueda

Editor
Akira Kurosawa

Sound Designer
Fumio Yanoguchi

TOP CAST

Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director

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