High and Low

Ragtag Classic Movies

Showings

Ragtag Cinema Sun, Aug 10, 2025 1:00 PM
Film Info
Release Year:1963
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Production Country:Japan
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Akira Kurosawa
Cast:Toshiro Mifune
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kyoko Kagawa
Tatsuya Mihashi
Isao Kimura

Description

A loose adaptation of the American novel King’s Ransom, Japanese auteur Akira Kurosawa’s domestic drama and police procedural High and Low stars screen legend Toshiro Mifune. Businessman Kingo Gondo (Mifune) is on the verge of becoming the majority stakeholder at a shoe company when he becomes the target of a ransom plot involving his chauffeur’s son. Praised as one of Kurosawa’s finest films, High and Low is a searing portrait of post-war Japanese society that has continued to influence the police procedural genre worldwide.