High and Low
From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tense, taut film of a modern "perfect crime" with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.
- Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Studio: TOHO, Kurosawa Production
- Keyword: chauffeur, police, ransom, manager, kidnapping, blackmail, baby-snatching, film noir, shoe, japanese noir, emaciation
- Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura, Kenjirō Ishiyama