High and Low
High and Low
天国と地獄
Tengoku To Jigoku
Heaven and Hell
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka Ryuzo Kikushima |
Screenplay |
Hideo Oguni Ryuzo Kikushima Eijiro Hisaita Akira Kurosawa |
Original Story | Ed McBain |
Photography |
Asakazu Nakai Takao Saito |
Art | Yoshiro Muraki |
Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi |
Lighting | Hiromitsu Mori |
Music | Masaru Sato |
Assistant Director | Shiro Moritani |
Production Companies | Toho, Kurosawa Productions |
Release Date | March 1, 1963 |
Runtime | 143 minutes |
天国と地獄 Tengoku To Jigoku Heaven and Hell |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka Ryuzo Kikushima |
Screenplay |
Hideo Oguni Ryuzo Kikushima Eijiro Hisaita Akira Kurosawa |
Original Story | Ed McBain |
Photography |
Asakazu Nakai Takao Saito |
Art | Yoshiro Muraki |
Sound | Fumio Yanoguchi |
Lighting | Hiromitsu Mori |
Music | Masaru Sato |
Assistant Director | Shiro Moritani |
Production Companies | Toho, Kurosawa Productions |
Release Date | March 1, 1963 |
Runtime | 143 minutes |
Gondo is a prominent shareholder in a shoe company. While Gondo believes in quality of workmanship over profit, his rival shareholders disagree with him and seek to cut corners to reduce costs. Gondo maneuvers behind their backs to purchase a majority of the shares and give him control over the company’s future. He’s put up his home and possessions as collateral. On the eve of the transaction, Gondo receives a phone call that his son has been kidnapped. Gondo’s son returns unharmed, but the son of his chauffeur has been kidnapped by mistake. The kidnapper tells Gondo that he’ll require him to pay a ransom anyway. If Gondo pays the ransom, he won’t be able to make good on his purchase of the shares and he’ll lose his possessions. On the other hand, Gondo is the only one able to pay the kidnapper’s exorbitant ransom amount.
Gondo recruits Tokura, a detective, to help with the case. Tokura’s men work meticulously to gather as much evidence as possible. The kidnapper requires Gondo to throw the ransom money from the window of a passing train. The detectives take photo and video from every angle in an attempt to identify the kidnapper. The chauffeur’s son is recovered, but Gondo is now on the verge of losing his possessions. Tokura vows to bring the kidnapper to justice for Gondo’s sake. The press, meanwhile, drums up public support for Gondo and his selfless actions, and spark a boycott of the shoe company for forcing him out. Gondo finds work starting from scratch with a smaller company.
Tokura’s men identify two accomplices who retrieved the ransom money, and find them dead from a heroin overdose in a safe house. Examining all available evidence, they single out Ginjiro, a medical intern, as their primary suspect. They setup a trap for Ginjiro, and trick him into thinking that his accomplices are still alive. They observe Ginjiro making a deal to acquire a large amount of more lethal heroin, and test it on a hapless prostitute in a back alley. Tokuro intercepts Ginjiro at the safe house and arrests him. Ginjiro is sentenced to death and, as a last request, meets with Gondo. Ginjiro concocted his crime out of jealousy towards Gondo and his perceived riches, while he lived in abject poverty. However, while Gondo is unaffected by his change in status, Ginjiro is driven to the point of madness by the gulf that still separates them.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast
Kingo Gondo
Inspector Tokura
Reiko Gondo
Kawanishi
Detective Arai
Detective Taguchi
Detective Nakao
Police Executive
Kamiya
Ishimaru
Baba
Ginjiro Takeuchi
Reporter
Shoe Factory Worker
Prison Warden
Aoki the Chauffeur
Shinichi (Aoki's Son)
Jun (Gondo's Son)
Reporter
Creditor
Police Executive
Hospital Waste Collector
Detective Murata
Drug Addict
Doctor
Detective Yamamoto
Creditor
Court Executor
Creditor
Policeman
Dock Worker
Detective Shimada
Reporter
Hospital Outpatient
Forensic Scientist
Train Crew
Drug Addict
Victimized Drug Addict
Court Executor
Detective
Detective
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
Train Crew
Train Crew
Man at Crime Scene
Detective
Detective
Dining Car Waiter
Dining Car Waiter
Toll Booth Worker
Reporter
Dining Car Guest
Farmer
Train Crew
Detective
Detective
製作 Producer |
田中友幸 Tomoyuki Tanaka |
菊島隆三 Ryuzo Kikushima |
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脚本 Screenplay |
小国英雄 Hideo Oguni |
菊島隆三 Ryuzo Kikushima |
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久板栄二郎 Eijiro Hisaita |
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黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |
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エド・マクベイン作「キングの身代金」より From Ed McBain’s Work “King’s Ransom” |
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撮影 Photography |
中井朝一 Asakazu Nakai |
斉藤孝雄 Takao Saito |
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美術 Art |
村木与四郎 Yoshiro Muraki |
録音 Sound |
矢野口文雄 Fumio Yanoguchi |
照明 Lighting |
森弘充 Hiromitsu Mori |
音楽 Music |
佐藤勝 Masaru Sato |
整音 Dubbing |
下永尚 Hisashi Shimonaga |
監督助手 Assistant Director |
森谷司郎 Shiro Moritani |
現像 Developing |
キヌタ・ラボラトリー Kinuta Laboratory |
製作担当者 Production Manager |
根津博 Hiroshi Nezu |
出演者 Starring |
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三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune |
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仲代達矢 Tatsuya Nakadai |
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香川京子 Kyoko Kagawa |
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三橋達也 Tatsuya Mihashi |
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木村功 Isao Kimura |
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石山健二郎 Kenjiro Ishiyama |
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加藤武 Takeshi Kato |
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志村喬 Takashi Shimura |
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田崎潤 Jun Tazaki |
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中村伸郎 Nobuo Nakamura |
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伊藤雄之助 Yunosuke Ito |
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山崎努 Tsutomu Yamazaki |
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千秋実 Minoru Chiaki |
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東野英治郎 Eijiro Tono |
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清水将夫 Masao Shimizu |
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佐田豊 Yutaka Sada |
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島津雅彦 Masahiko Shimatsu |
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江木俊夫 Toshio Egi |
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三井弘次 Koji Mitsui |
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山茶花究 Kyu Sazanka |
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藤田進 Susumu Fujita |
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藤原釜足 Kamatari Fujiwara |
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土屋嘉男 Yoshio Tsuchiya |
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北村和夫 Kazuo Suzuki |
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清水元 Gen Shimizu |
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名古屋章 Akira Nagoya |
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浜村純 Jun Hamamura |
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織田政雄 Masao Ota |
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西村晃 Ko Nishimura |
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田島義文 Yoshibumi Tajima |
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清村耕次 Koji Kiyomura |
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宇南山宏 Hiroshi Unayama |
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牧野義介 Yoshike Makino |
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近藤準 Jun Kondo |
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鈴木智 Satoshi Suzuki |
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大村千吉 Senkichi Omura |
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加藤和夫 Kazuo Kato |
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沢村いき雄 Ikio Sawamura |
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菅井きん Kin Sugai |
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富田恵子 Keiko Tomita |
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小野田功 Isao Onoda |
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田口精一 Seiichi Taguchi |
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松下猛夫 Takeo Matsushita |
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山本清 Kiyoshi Yamamoto |
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児玉謙二 Kenji Kodama |
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伊藤実 Minoru Ito |
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鈴木治夫 Haruo Suzuki |
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監督 Director |
黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |