High And Low (1963) - Credits and Details

High And Low Credits and Details

Directed by
	Akira Kurosawa
Written by
	Hideo Oguni	...	screenplay
	Ryûzô Kikushima	...	screenplay
	Eijirô Hisaita	...	screenplay
	Akira Kurosawa	...	screenplay
	Evan Hunter	...	novel "Kingu no minoshirokin"
Cast
	Toshirô Mifune	...	Kingo Gondô
	Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Chief Detective Tokura
	Kyôko Kagawa	...	Reiko Gondô
	Tatsuya Mihashi	...	Kawanishi - Gondô's Secretary
	Isao Kimura	...	Detective Arai
	Kenjirô Ishiyama	...	Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
	Takeshi Katô	...	Detective Nakao
	Takashi Shimura	...	Chief of Investigation Section
	Jun Tazaki	...	Kamiya - National Shoes Publicity Director
	Nobuo Nakamura	...	Ishimaru - National Shoes Design Department Director
	Yûnosuke Itô	...	Baba - National Shoes Executive
	Tsutomu Yamazaki	...	Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
	Minoru Chiaki	...	First Reporter
	Eijirô Tôno	...	Factory Worker
	Masao Shimizu	...	Prison Warden
	Yutaka Sada	...	Aoki - the Chauffeur
	Masahiko Shimazu	...	Shin'ichi Aoki
	Toshio Egi	...	Jun Gondô
	Kôji Mitsui	...	Second Reporter
	Kyû Sazanka	...	First Creditor
	Susumu Fujita	...	Chief of First Investigating Section
	Kamatari Fujiwara	...	Junkyard Cook
	Yoshio Tsuchiya	...	Detective Murata
	Kazuo Kitamura	...	Third Reporter
	Gen Shimizu	...	Chief Physician
	Akira Nagoya	...	Detective Yamamoto
	Jun Hamamura	...	Second Creditor
	Masao Oda	...	First Executor at Tax Office
	Kô Nishimura	...	Third Creditor
	Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Chief Prison Officer
	Kôji Kiyomura	...	Fish Market Office Worker
	Hiroshi Unayama	...	Detective Shimada
	Yoshisuke Makino	...	Detective Takahashi
	Jun Kondô	...	Identification Center Worker
	Satoshi Suzuki	...	Detective Koike
	Senkichi Ômura	...	Messenger Passing Note to Intern
	Kazuo Katô	...	Identification Center Worker
	Ikio Sawamura	...	Yokohama Station Trolley Man
	Kin Sugai	...	Female Drug Addict
	Keiko Tomita	...	Murder Victim
	Isao Onoda	...	Male Drug Addict
	Seiichi Taguchi	...	Detective Nakamura
	Takeo Matsushita	...	Second Executor at Tax Office
	Kiyoshi Yamamoto	...	Detective Ueno
	Kenji Kodama	...	Detective Hara
	Minoru Itô	...	Detective
	Haruo Suzuki	...	Undercover Detective 'Drug Addict'
Uncredited Cast
	Bin Furuya	...	Yokohama Station Staff
	Akio Kusama	...	Detective
	Kôzô Nomura	...	Detective
	Masaaki Tachibana	...	Yokohama Station Crew Member
	Miki Yashiro	...	Gondô Family Maid
Produced by
	Ryûzô Kikushima	...	producer
	Akira Kurosawa	...	associate producer
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	producer
Original Music by
	Masaru Satô

Additional Info
Premiere:	March 01, 1963
Theatrical Release:	November 26, 1963
DVD Release:	October 14, 1998
Blu-ray Release:	July 26, 2011
Country:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
8.4 / 10	90 / 100

Alternate Titles
Tengoku To Jigoku

Production Companies
Toho
Kurosawa Production Co.

Distributors
Continental Distributing (1963) (United States) (subtitled) (theatrical)
Cowboy Pictures (2002) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
Janus Films (United States) (theatrical)
Walter Reade-Sterling (United States) (re-release) (theatrical)
East West Classics (1963) (World-wide)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)
Pacific Arts Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (digital) (TV)
The Criterion Collection (1998) (United States) (DVD)
The Criterion Collection (2008) (United States) (DVD)
The Criterion Collection (2011) (United States) (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Collection (2025) (United States) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
Toho (United States)

Filming Locations
Enoshima, Kanagawa, Japan
Isezaki-cho, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Kishigoe, Kanagawa, Japan
Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Sakawa River, Kanagawa, Japan
Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan (Studio)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Yurakucho Station, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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