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    Poster of the movie High and Low
    Tengoku to jigoku
    Japan
    1963     Dramatic thriller    
    2h 23min
    Original language: Japanese

    Based on Ed McBain's detective novel "King's Ransom," master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa moves effortlessly between a race-against-time thriller and a social commentary on modern Japan. The plot centers around a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper.

    Directed byAkira Kurosawa
    Written byEijirô Hisaita, Evan Hunter
    CompanyContinentalContinentalContinental

    Starring

    Toshirô Mifune
    Tatsuya Nakadai
    Tsutomu Yamazaki
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