Toshiro Mifune
Kingo Gondo
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High and Low (Japanese: 天国と地獄, Hepburn: Tengoku to Jigoku, literally "Heaven and Hell") is a 1963 Japanese police procedural crime film directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa and written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, and Ryûzô Kikushima. The film is loosely based on the 1959 novel King's Ransom by Ed McBain (Evan Hunter ...
High and Low: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi. An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
- (53K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1963-11-26
Japanese. Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku), the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom,Kurosawa moves ...
- 143 min
- 23.3K
- Shadows of the Dark
High and Low. Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low ( Tengoku to jigoku ), the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa.
- Kingo Gondo
Summaries. An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. A wealthy businessman is told his son has been kidnapped and he will have to pay a very large sum for him to be returned safely.
Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir. Based on Ed McBain's detective novel "King's...
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- Crime, Drama
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Synopsis. 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. An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew.
