Akira Kurosawa
High and low (Tengoku to jigoku)
Edition 1980
143'
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1963
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Crime, Mystery, Drama
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Dialogue:
Japanese
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Composer:
Masaru Satô
With:
Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai
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. It is then discovered that his son is safe at home: the kidnapper took his chauffeur's son by accident. The kidnapper says this makes no difference: pay up or the child dies. This leaves him with a moral dilemma, as he really needs the money to conclude a very important business deal.
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Credits
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Composer
Masaru Satô
With
Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai
Scenario
Hideo Oguni, Ryûzô Kikushima, Eijirô Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa
Director of Photography
Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitô
Producer
Ryûzô Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
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Dialogue
Japanese
Countries of production
Japan
Screenplay based on
"King's Ransom: An 87th Precinct Mystery" (Evan Hunter)
Year
1963
