JAPAN · 1963

High and Low

Akira Kurosawa
Japanese Golden Age moral dilemma class conflict kidnapping sacrifice justice
Trailer
Synopsis

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Year1963
CountryJapan
DirectorAkira Kurosawa
Films with Similar Energy
The Money Dance
The Money Dance
1964
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
1964
End Of Summer
End Of Summer
1961
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954
High and Low poster
Cinema DNA 5 films · 2 countries
High and Low Japan · 1963
5 films it shaped
  1. Highest 2 Lowest 2025 · Spike Lee United States
  2. The Dark Knight 2008 · Christopher Nolan United States
  3. Parasite 2019 · Bong Joon-ho South Korea
  4. Zodiac 2007 · David Fincher United States
  5. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 2015 · J.J. Abrams United States
Open the Cinema DNA map and quotes

More from Akira Kurosawa

Japan
Seven Samurai
Seven Samurai
1954
Rashomon
Rashomon
1950
I Live in Fear
I Live in Fear
1955

Films with Similar Themes

moral dilemma · class conflict · kidnapping · sacrifice · justice
Her Sacrifice
Her Sacrifice
1911
Kidnap Syndicate
Kidnap Syndicate
1975
Bandidas
Bandidas
2006
Hostage
Hostage
2002
The Terrorist
The Terrorist
1975
The Twisted Trail
The Twisted Trail
1910

More from Japan

Cinema of Japan
The Money Dance
The Money Dance
1964
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes
1964
End Of Summer
End Of Summer
1961
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
1959
A Billionaire
A Billionaire
1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff
1954

More Films with Similar Energy

Deeper matches by cinematic fingerprint
Intentions of Murder
Intentions of Murder
1964
Night and Fog in Japan
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
The Sun's Burial
The Sun's Burial
1960
Street of Love and Hope
Street of Love and Hope
1959
An Actor's Revenge
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Endless Desire
Endless Desire
1958