High and Low

About High and Low

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

Characters

Toshirō MifuneKingo Gondo

Tatsuya NakadaiChief Detective Tokura

Kyōko KagawaReiko Gondo

Tatsuya MihashiKawanishi, Gondo's secretary

Isao KimuraDetective Arai

Kenjirō IshiyamaChief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi

Takeshi KatōDetective Nakao

Takashi ShimuraChief of Investigation Section

Yūnosuke ItōBaba - National Shoes Executive

Tsutomu YamazakiGinjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern

Minoru ChiakiFirst Reporter

Eijirō TōnoFactory Worker

Masao ShimizuPrison Warden

Yutaka SadaAoki - the Chauffeur

Masahiko ShimazuShinichi Aoki

Toshio EgiJun Gondo

Kōji MitsuiSecond Reporter

Kyū SazankaFirst Creditor

Susumu FujitaChief of First Investigating Section

Kamatari FujiwaraJunkyard Cook

Yoshio TsuchiyaDetective Murata

Kazuo KitamuraThird Reporter

Director

Akira KurosawaDirector

Jun TazakiKamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director

Nobuo NakamuraIshimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director