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Release Date:
26 November 1963 (USA) morePlot:
An executive mortgages all he owns to stage a coup and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Nichols Takes On Kurosawa's High And Low (From Cinema Blend. 29 October 2008, 7:39 PM, PDT)
Nichols to remake Kurosawa's 'High And Low'
(From digitalspy. 29 October 2008, 5:16 PM, PDT)
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Best crime film of 1960s, among the best all time moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Toshirô Mifune | ... | Kingo Gondo |
| Tatsuya Nakadai | ... | Chief Detective Tokura |
| Kyôko Kagawa | ... | Reiko Gondo |
| Tatsuya Mihashi | ... | Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary |
| Isao Kimura | ... | Detective Arai |
| Kenjiro Ishiyama | ... | Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi |
| Takeshi Katô | ... | Detective Nakao |
| Takashi Shimura | ... | Chief of Investigation Section |
| Jun Tazaki | ... | Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director |
| Nobuo Nakamura | ... | Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director |
| Yûnosuke Itô | ... | Baba, National Shoes executive |
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | ... | Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern |
| Minoru Chiaki | ... | First reporter |
| Hiroshi Unayama | ... | Detective Shimada |
| Eijirô Tono | ... | Factory worker |
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Heaven and Hell (International: English title) (literal title)High and Low (USA)
The Ransom (UK)
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
143 min | USA:142 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 | UK:12 | UK:A (original rating) (cut)MOVIEmeter: 
9% since last week
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The last section of the movie originally had a great deal of dialogue, but Akira Kurosawa decided to omit all of it. moreQuotes:
Reiko Gondo: [to her husband, about their son Jun] He takes after you. He likes violent games. moreSoundtrack:
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Even at nearly two and a half hours, this movie can rivet even casual movie-watchers. High and Low was adapted from the novel "King's Ransom" by Ed McBain, and though I haven't read the novel, the film stands up surprisingly in a completely different setting (Japan, as opposed to America). The script is great, the cinematography is outstanding, and if you're watching the Criterion print available on DVD you'll find yourself wondering if it was really made in 1963. This film scores an easy 10 with me. I can't think of a crime film that I enjoyed more than this one.