- Country: Japan
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Release: 1963-11-26
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Writers: Hideo Oguni , Ryûzô Kikushima , Eijirô Hisaita , Akira Kurosawa
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Toshirō Mifune , Yutaka Sada , Tatsuya Nakadai , Kyōko Kagawa , Tatsuya Mihashi , Isao Kimura , Kenjirō Ishiyama , Takeshi Katō , Takashi Shimura , Jun Tazaki
- Runtime: 143 min
- Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations
- AKA: Tengoku to Jigoku (Indonesia) , Himmel og helvede (Denmark) , Nebe a peklo (Czech Republic) , Između neba i pakla (Croatia) , Cerul și iadul (Romania) , Céu e o Inferno (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Zwischen Himmel und Hölle , El cielo y el infierno (Argentina) , Rojus ir pragaras (Lithuania) , Entre le ciel et l'enfer (France, French Republic) , Cielo e infierno (Peru) , 天国与地狱 (China) , 천국과 지옥 (Korea) , High and Low (Ireland) , High and Low (Canada) , High and Low , Рай и ад (Bulgaria) , Behesht va doozakh (Iran) , El infierno del odio (Spain) , Ο δολοφόνος του Τόκιο (Greece) , High and Low (India) , Између неба и земље , High and Low (Hong Kong) , Bala va paeen (Iran) , Tengoku to jigoku (Canada) , Anatomia di un rapimento (Italy) , High and Low (United Kingdom) , Између неба и земље (Serbia) , Heaven and Hell , High and Low (Netherlands the) , El cielo y el infierno (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Tengoku to Jigoku (India) , Cielo e infierno (Mexico) , O dolofonos tou Tokyo (Greece) , Рай и ад (Russian Federation) , Himmel och helvete (Sweden) , High and Low (Israel) , Céu E Inferno (Brazil) , Nebo a peklo (Slovakia (Slovak Republic)) , Niebo i piekło (Poland) , Yüksek ve Alçak (Turkey) , Tengoku to jigoku , 天國與地獄 (Taiwan) , High and Low (Egypt) , Le Paradis et l'Enfer (France, French Republic) , Рай и ад , High and Low (Singapore) , High and Low (United States of America) , Рай і пекло (Ukraine) , Himmel og helvete (Norway) , Taivas ja helvetti (Finland) , The Ransom (United Kingdom) , 天国と地獄 (Japan) , Menny és pokol (Hungary)
- Plot:
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped and held for ransom.
- IMDB:tt0057565
High and Low Cast · · · ALL
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Toshirō Mifune
Kingo Gondo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Chief Detective Tokura
Kyōko Kagawa
Reiko Gondo
Tatsuya Mihashi
Kawanishi, Gondo's secretary
Isao Kimura
Detective Arai
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
Takeshi Katō
Detective Nakao
Takashi Shimura
Chief of Investigation Section
Nobuo Nakamura
Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
Yūnosuke Itō
Baba - National Shoes Executive
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
Minoru Chiaki
First Reporter
Eijirō Tōno
Factory Worker
Masao Shimizu
Prison Warden
Yutaka Sada
Aoki - the Chauffeur
Masahiko Shimazu
Shinichi Aoki
Toshio Egi
Jun Gondo
Kōji Mitsui
Second Reporter
Kyū Sazanka
First Creditor
Susumu Fujita
Chief of First Investigating Section
Kamatari Fujiwara
Junkyard Cook
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Detective Murata
Kazuo Kitamura
Third Reporter
Gen Shimizu
Chief Physician
Akira Nagoya
Detective Yamamoto