High and Low (1963)
Tengoku to jigoku (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Toshirô Mifune	...	Kingo Gondo
	Tatsuya Nakadai	...	Chief Detective Tokura
	Kyôko Kagawa	...	Reiko Gondo
	Tatsuya Mihashi	...	Kawanishi - Gondo's Secretary
	Isao Kimura	...	Detective Arai
	Kenjirô Ishiyama	...	Chief Detective 'Bos'n' Taguchi
	Takeshi Katô	...	Detective Nakao
	Takashi Shimura	...	Chief of Investigation Section
	Jun Tazaki	...	Kamiya, National Shoes Publicity Director
	Nobuo Nakamura	...	Ishimaru, National Shoes Design Department Director
	Yûnosuke Itô	...	Baba - National Shoes Executive
	Tsutomu Yamazaki	...	Ginjirô Takeuchi - Medical Intern
	Minoru Chiaki	...	First Reporter
	Eijirô Tôno	...	Factory Worker
	Masao Shimizu	...	Prison Warden

Storyline

An executive mortgages all he owns to stage a coup and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with the intent of keeping the company out of the hands of incompetent and greedy executives. He needs the same money, though, to pay the ransom that will possibly save a child's life. His resolution of that dilemma -- the certain loss of the company vs. the probable loss of the child -- makes for one distinct drama, and an ensuing elaborate police procedure makes for a second. Written by levin <levin@world.std.com>  

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