High and Low (1963)

Other name: 天国と地獄, てんごくとじごく, 천국과 지옥, 天國與地獄, Tengoku to Jigoku, High & Low, Himmel Og Helvede, Zwischen Himmel und Hölle, El infierno del odio, Entre le ciel et l'enfer, Menny és pokol, Anatomia di un rapimento, Ο Δολοφόνος του Τόκιο, Рай и ад

Description:

"High and Low" focuses on Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune), a powerhouse executive in the Japanese shoe industry. In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a proposition that throws him in hock down to his own furniture, he's hit by a huge ransom demand, with a twist -- the kidnaper (Tsutomu Yamazaki) takes, not his own son, but his chauffeur's.

Adapted loosely from the novel “The King’s Ransom” by Evan Hunter.

Director: Kurosawa Akira [黒沢明]

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 1963

Genre:Crime; Drama; Investigation; Kidnapping; Mystery; Novel; Suspense; Thriller