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High and Low (Japanese: 天国と地獄, Hepburn: Tengoku to Jigoku, literally "Heaven and Hell") is a 1963 Japanese police procedural crime film directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa and written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, and Ryûzô Kikushima.
99+ Photos. Crime Drama Mystery. An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom. Director. Akira Kurosawa. Writers. Hideo Oguni. Ryûzô Kikushima. Eijirô Hisaita. Stars. Toshirô Mifune. Yutaka Sada. Tatsuya Nakadai. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1963-11-26
Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low ( Tengoku to jigoku ), the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa.
Eijirô Hisaita was born on 3 July 1898 in Miyagi, Japan. He was a writer, known for High and Low (1963), Morning for the Osone Family (1946) and The Bad Sleep Well (1960). He died on 9 June 1976.
The script, written by Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, and Ryuzo Kikushima, is loosely based on Evan Hunter's novel from 1959, “King's Ransom”. Toho, the film company that Kurosawa was working with at the time, acquired the film rights for $5,000.
Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku), the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa.
High and Low (1963) 1963 Japan. Directed by. Akira Kurosawa. Produced by. Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima. Written by. Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima, Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa. Featuring.
