Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir. Based on Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, High and Low is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and Low in a luminous new Tohoscope transfer with new electronic subtitles.

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High And Low (1963)

天国と地獄 (Tengoku to jigoku)
DVD
Unrated

Suspense/Thriller/Drama · 2h 23m · 10/14/1998

    
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Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir. Based on Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, High and Low is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and Low in a luminous new Tohoscope transfer with new electronic subtitles.

Release Country

United States

Barcode

037429130322

Release Date

10/14/1998

Media Type

Movie

Audio

  Japanese     

Digital Copy

Not Included

Studios

Janus Films/Toho Co., Ltd./The Criterion Collection

Subtitles

English

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

2.35:1

Cover Type

Keep Case (Std.)

Discs

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Cast
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Toshirô Mifune

Kingo Gondo
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Kazuo Kitamura

Third reporter
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Gen Shimizu

Chief physician
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Akira Nagoya

Detective Yamamoto
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Kô Nishimura

Third creditor
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Yoshifumi Tajima

Chief Prison Officer
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Koji Shimizu

Fish market office worker
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Hiroshi Unanzan

Detective Shimizu
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Yoshisuke Makino

Detective Takahashi
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Jun Kondo

Detective
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Tomoo Suzuki

Detective Koike
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Senkichi Omura

Messenger passing note to intern
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Kazuo Kato

Identification center worker
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Ikio Sawamura

Yokohama Station trolley man
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Jun Hamamura

Second creditor
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Masao Oda

First executor at tax office (as Masao Orita)
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Kazuo Suzuki

Undercover detective 'drug addict'
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Kôzô Nomura

Detective
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Toshio Egi

Jun Gondo (uncredited)
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Masahiko Shimazu

Shinichi Aoki (uncredited)
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Tatsuya Nakadai

Chief Detective Tokura
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Kyôko Kagawa

Reiko Gondo
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Tatsuya Mihashi

Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
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Isao Kimura

Detective Arai
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Kenjiro Ishiyama

Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
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Takeshi Katô

Detective Nakao
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Takashi Shimura

Chief of Investigation Section
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Jun Tazaki

Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
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Nobuo Nakamura

Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
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Yûnosuke Itô

Baba, National Shoes executive
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Tsutomu Yamazaki

Ginjirô Takeuchi, medical intern
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Hiroshi Unayama

Detective Shimada
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Eijirô Tono

Factory worker
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Masao Shimizu

Prison warden
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Yutaka Sada

Aoki, the chauffeur
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Koji Mitsui

Second reporter
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Susumu Fujita

Chief of First Investigating Section
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Kyu Sazanka

First creditor
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Kamatari Fujiwara

Junkyard cook
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Yoshio Tsuchiya

Detective Murata
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Kin Sugai

Female drug addict
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Keiko Tomita

Murder victim
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Isamu Onoda

Male drug addict
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Seiichi Taguchi

Detective Nakamura
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Takeo Matsushita

Second executor at tax office
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Kiyoshi Yamamoto

Detective Ueno
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Kenji Kodama

Detective Hara
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Minoru Ito

Detective
Crew
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Akira Kurosawa

Director
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Hideo Oguni

Writer
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Ryûzô Kikushima

Writer
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Eijirô Hisaita

Writer
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Akira Kurosawa

Writer
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Evan Hunter

Writer
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