Movielogr
High and Low (1963)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
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A shoe company executive who has mortgaged everything he has becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and is conflicted over whether he should pay the ransom.
Length 142 minutes
Actors
Toshirō Mifune | Tatsuya Nakadai | Kyôko Kagawa | Tatsuya Mihashi | Isao Kimura | Kenjiro Ishiyama | Takeshi Katô | Takashi Shimura | Jun Tazaki | Nobuo Nakamura | Yūnosuke Itō | Tsutomu Yamazaki | Minoru Chiaki | Eijirô Tôno | Masao Shimizu | Yutaka Sada | Masahiko Shimazu | Toshio Egi | Kôji Mitsui | Kyû Sazanka | Susumu Fujita | Kamatari Fujiwara | Yoshio Tsuchiya | Kazuo Kitamura | Gen Shimizu | Akira Nagoya | Jun Hamamura | Masao Oda | Kô Nishimura | Yoshifumi Tajima | Koji Kiyomura | Hiroshi Unayama | Yoshisuke Makino | Jun Kondô | Tomo Suzuki | Senkichi Ômura | Kazuo Katô | Ikio Sawamura | Kin Sugai | Keiko Tomita | Isao Onoda | Seiichi Taguchi | Takeo Matsushita | Kiyoshi Yamamoto | Kenji Kodama | Minoru Itô | Haruo Suzuki | Kôzô Nomura
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/27/2023 | TV | Blu-ray | Owned | 8 stars |
| 11/21/2012 | TV | DVD | Library | 7.5 stars |
| (Average) 7.75 stars |
Viewing Notes
Remembered that I owned this on Blu from a previous Criterion sale and it’s perfect for Moarvember Mysteries. The mystery is who kidnapped the child, which is the premise of the movie, a damned if you do and damned if you don’t situation. Really good stuff all around. Starts with the kidnapping thriller then moves into the procedural mystery.
Gotta wonder if Kurosawa was just being kind to his friends and throwing them bone by giving them small parts with only a line or two. Longtime Kurosawa actors Takashi Shimura and Susumu Fujita are present here just to be present, I guess? So weird to see two great actors just sit there and do nothing. So maybe it was a way to get them a paycheck.
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