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High and Low
MEANRANK
88/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #22
- IMDb #77
- Rotten Tomatoes #53
- Metacritic #137
- Letterboxd #4
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #214
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #117
- Metacritic Critics #201
- Metacritic Audience #204
- Criticker #5
- Douban #154
- Kinopoisk #204
- AlloCiné #69
- Trakt #61
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 81, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A wealthy executive has finally secured the funds for a crucial business takeover. His plans are thrown into chaos when he receives a call informing him that his son has been kidnapped. The ransom demand is the exact amount needed for his business deal. The situation becomes more complex when it is discovered the kidnappers took the wrong boy—his chauffeur's son—forcing a moral dilemma upon him.
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writers
- Akira Kurosawa, Eijiro Hisaita, Hideo Oguni, Ryuzo Kikushima
- Based on
- King's Ransom by Evan Hunter
- Studio
- TOHO, Kurosawa Production
- Released
- 1 March 1963
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $250.0K
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 1964 | Foreign Film – Foreign Language | High and Low | Nominee |
| Edgar Awards 1964 | Best Foreign Film | High and Low | Nominee |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1963 | Best Film | High and Low | Winner |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1963 | Best Screenplay | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijirō Hisaita, Ryūzō Kikushima | Winner |
| Venice International Film Festival 1963 | Golden Lion | High and Low | Nominee |
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5 awards — High and Low
×| Foreign Film – Foreign Language | High and Low | Nominee |
| Best Film | High and Low | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Akira Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni, Eijirō Hisaita, Ryūzō Kikushima | Winner |
| Best Foreign Film | High and Low | Nominee |
| Golden Lion | High and Low | Nominee |