MOVIE · 1963

High and Low

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller143 min

Toshirô Mifune is Kingo Gondo, a Yokohama shoe executive preparing a takeover at his company when kidnappers call with a demand tied to his family. The mistake at the center of the crime makes it harsher: they’ve seized his chauffeur’s son, but they still expect Gondo to pay the ransom, turning a businessman's private plans into a moral and financial crisis. Akira Kurosawa begins with the pressure inside Gondo’s home, where family, servants, and company politics collide, then follows the case outward into a methodical police search across the city, with Tatsuya Nakadai among the film’s crowded ensemble.