A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
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Movie1963·142 min
High and Low
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
A drama crime film directed by Akira Kurosawa.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 1%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
8.4/10
1K ratings
About High and Low
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Broad (6 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Tense
- Story Tags
- sacrifice duty, social injustice, corruption power, mid century, action combat, japan, urban, colleagues, detective investigator, everyman, kidnapping hostage, investigation procedural, cat and mouse, drug trade