High and Low

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High and Low is a 1963 Japanese crime thriller film by Akira Kurosawa that explores class disparity and moral conflict through a tense kidnapping drama.

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instanceOf Japanese film
crime film
crime thriller film
drama film
film
thriller film
basedOn King’s Ransom NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Ed McBain NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Asakazu Nakai NERFINISHED
Takao Saitō NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
depicts corporate ethics
police procedure
social inequality
director Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED
distributor Toho NERFINISHED
editedBy Toshio Taniguchi NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
genre crime
drama
thriller
hasColorType monochrome
mainTheme class disparity
kidnapping
moral conflict
musicBy Masaru Satō NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus kidnapping investigation
notableFor real-time procedural detail
social commentary
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle 天国と地獄 NERFINISHED
partOf Akira Kurosawa filmography NERFINISHED
productionCompany Toho NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1963
releaseDecade 1960s films
runtimeMinutes 143
screenwriter Akira Kurosawa NERFINISHED
Eijirō Hisaita NERFINISHED
Hideo Oguni NERFINISHED
Ryūzō Kikushima NERFINISHED
setting Yokohama NERFINISHED
starring Isao Kimura NERFINISHED
Kyōko Kagawa NERFINISHED
Takashi Shimura NERFINISHED
Tatsuya Mihashi NERFINISHED
Tatsuya Nakadai NERFINISHED
Toshirō Mifune NERFINISHED
title High and Low NERFINISHED

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Akira Kurosawa notableWork High and Low