Gondô Kingo
High and Low
Released
28 Feb 1963
Runtime
143 min
Japanese title
天国と地獄
Tengoku to Jigoku
Heaven and Hell
Tengoku to Jigoku
Heaven and Hell
Source
King's Ransom
Novel by Ed McBain
Novel by Ed McBain
Studio
Toho Co., Ltd., Kurosawa Productions
Staff
Director
Producer
Kikushima Ryûzô
Screenplay
Photography
Nakai Asakazu
Saitô Takao
Art
Muraki Yoshirô
Sound
Yanoguchi Fumio
Lighting
Mori Hiromitsu
Music
Assistant Director
Moritani Shirô
Cast
Top billed
Inspector Tokura
Nakadai Tatsuya
Gondô Reiko
Kawanishi
Detective Arai
Kimura Isao
Detective Taguchi
Ishiyama Kenjirô
Detective Nakao
Katô Takeshi
Police Executive
Kamiya
Ishimaru
Baba
Itô Yûnosuke
Takeuchi Ginjirô
Yamazaki Tsutomu
Reporter
Shoe Factory Worker
Prison Warden
Shimizu Masao
Aoki
Aoki Shin'ichi
Shimazu Masahiko
Gondô Jun
Egi Toshio
Reporter
Mitsui Kôji
Creditor
Sazanka Kyû
Police Executive
Hospital Waste Collector
Detective Murata
Drug Addict
Doctor
Detective Yamamoto
Nagoya Akira
Creditor
Hamamura Jun
Court Executor
Oda Masao
Creditor
Nishimura Kô
Policeman
Dock Worker
Kiyomura Kôji
Detective Shimada
Unayama Hiroshi
Reporter
Kondô Jun
Hospital Outpatient
Forensic Scientist
Katô Kazuo
Train Crew
Drug Addict
Sugai Kin
Victimized Drug Addict
Tomita Keiko
Court Executor
Matsushita Takeo
Detective
Detective
Supporting
Train Crew
Echigo Ken · uncredited
Train Crew
Gondô Yukihiko · uncredited
Man at Crime Scene
Hinata Kazuo · uncredited
Detective
Kumagai Takuzô · uncredited
Detective
Kusama Akio · uncredited
Dining Car Waiter
Maruyama Ken'ichirô · uncredited
Dining Car Waiter
Matsui Kenzô · uncredited
Toll Booth Worker
Ômae Wataru · uncredited
Reporter
Ôtaki Hideji · uncredited
Dining Car Patron
Shibuya Hideo · uncredited
Farmer
Shinohara Masaki · uncredited
Train Crew
Tachibana Masaaki · uncredited
Detective
Tsutsumi Yasuhisa · uncredited
Detective
Ubukata Sôji · uncredited
Home Video
DVD
High and Low
4 special features
- Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
- "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
- Toshiro Mifune Interview
- Tsutomu Yamazaki Interview
AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa
Box set · 25 films
- Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
- The Most Beautiful (1944)
- Sanshiro Sugata: Part Two (1945)
- No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
- One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
- Drunken Angel (1948)
- Stray Dog (1949)
- Scandal (1950)
- Rashomon (1950)
- The Idiot (1951)
- The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1952)
- Ikiru (1952)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- I Live in Fear (1955)
- Throne of Blood (1957)
- The Lower Depths (1957)
- The Hidden Fortress (1958)
- The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- Sanjuro (1962)
- Red Beard (1965)
- Dodes'ka-den (1970)
- Kagemusha (1980)
- Madadayo (1993)
Blu-ray
High and Low
4 special features
- Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
- "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
- Toshiro Mifune Interview
- Tsutomu Yamazaki Interview
4K
High and Low
4 special features
- Audio Commentary by Stephen Prince
- "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" Documentary
- Toshiro Mifune Interview
- Tsutomu Yamazaki Interview