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High and Low (1963) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 1, 1963

Original Title:
天国と地獄

Alternate Titles:
Anatomia di un rapimento
Cielo e infierno
Céu e o Inferno
El cielo y el infierno
El infierno del odio
Entre le ciel et l'enfer
Heaven and Hell
High and Low
Himmel och helvete
Himmel og helvede
Himmel og helvete
Između neba i zemlje
Menny és pokol
Nebo a peklo
Niebo i piekło
O dolofonos tou Tokyo
Taivas ja helvetti
Tengoku to jigoku
The Ransom
Рай и ад
天國與地獄
天堂与地狱
천국과 지옥

Genres:
Crime | Drama | Mystery

Production Companies:
Kurosawa Production
TOHO

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AR: 13  FI: K-16  GB: 12  NL: 12  SE: 15 

Runtime: 142

From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tense, taut film of a modern "perfect crime" with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.

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In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his servants son is kidnapped

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Masaharu Ueda

Assistant Director:
Yōichi Matsue
Kenjirô Ohmori
Shirō Moritani
Masanobu Deme

Associate Producer:
Akira Kurosawa

Camera Intern:
Yudai Kato

Costume Design:
Miyuki Suzuki

Director:
Akira Kurosawa

Director of Photography:
Takao Saitō
Asakazu Nakai

Editor:
Akira Kurosawa

Editorial Production Assistant:
Reiko Kaneko

First Assistant Camera:
Kazutami Hara

Lighting Technician:
Hiromitsu Mori
Ichirō Inohara

Novel:
Evan Hunter

Original Music Composer:
Masaru Satō

Producer:
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Ryūzō Kikushima

Production Design:
Yoshirō Muraki

Production Supervisor:
Hiroshi Nezu

Property Master:
Akio Nojima

Screenplay:
Hideo Oguni
Ryūzō Kikushima
Eijirō Hisaita
Akira Kurosawa

Script Supervisor:
Teruyo Nogami

Sound Designer:
Fumio Yanoguchi

Sound Effects Editor:
Ichirô Minawa

Sound Mixer:
Hisashi Shimonaga

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