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1963 · Movie · 2h 22m · NR

High and Low

CriticsCritics: 93
AudienceAudience: 8.6

A wealthy shoe executive is pulled into a devastating moral choice when kidnappers mistakenly take his chauffeur’s son and still demand a ransom. As he weighs his family’s future against the child’s safety, a determined police investigation begins to trace the crime.

My take

You’ll like this if you enjoy patient, morally challenging crime thrillers with detailed investigations and social tension; Not for you if you prefer fast pacing or action-heavy stories like Yojimbo.

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Cast

Tatsuya NakadaiToshirō MifuneKyōko KagawaTatsuya MihashiIsao KimuraKenjirō IshiyamaTakeshi KatōTakashi Shimura

Director

Akira Kurosawa

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