High and Low
天国と地獄by Akira Kurosawa2h231963Japan
Recommended byBong Joon-Ho, Joachim Trier, Park Chan-wook, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Damien Chazelle
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An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Toho Company, Kurosawa Production
- Photo Director : Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitō
- Sound Recorder : Hisashi Shimonaga, Fumio Yanoguchi, Ichirô Minawa
- Scenario : Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa
- Producer : Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Original Work Author : Ed McBain
- Costume Design : Miyuki Suzuki
- Original Music : Masaru Satô
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Associated Producer : Akira Kurosawa
- Set Decoration : Yoshirō Muraki
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1963
- French release date : 9 juin 1976
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White / Colors
- Language : Japanese
Bonus archives
- See special featureBlow Up - ARTE : Akira Kurosawa par Thierry Jousse
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