High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Critics Sentiment
Gondo meets kidnapper in prison before his execution
Gondo prepares leveraged buyout of National Shoes company
The film jumps from the breathtaking bullet train sequence (9.6) to the more routine police procedural work (7.9) as it transitions from moral drama to detective story.
High and Low builds from a solid corporate setup to an extraordinary moral dilemma in its first half, peaking with the acclaimed bullet train sequence. While the procedural second half receives more mixed reactions for its slower pacing, the film concludes with a universally praised confrontation that elevates the entire work to masterpiece status.
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Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa
Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura
Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation Section
Jun Tazaki
Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno
Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada
Aoki - the Chauffeur
Masahiko Shimazu
Shinichi Aoki
Toshio Egi
Jun Gondo
Kōji Mitsui
Second Reporter
Kyū Sazanka
First Creditor
Crew
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