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High and Low
1963Age guide: 12+
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See it on the shelfA Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
★ 8.4/10 · 1,238 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
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
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
CinemaSerf: I didn't take to this initially. The scenario reminded me a little of an episode of "Columbo" - a rather sterile, studio-set environment… Read full review
Zak_Jaggs: A well worked, high stake crime thriller. The stakes are deeply personal to our main characters and puts them in an impossible situation.… Read full review