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High and Low (Japanese: 天国と地獄, Hepburn: Tengoku to Jigoku, lit. ' Heaven and Hell ' ) is a 1963 Japanese police procedural crime film directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa . It was written by Kurosawa, Hideo Oguni , Eijiro Hisaita, and Ryūzō Kikushima as a loose adaptation of the 1959 novel King's Ransom by Evan Hunter .
The director intended to create a work condemning kidnapping, which he considered one of the very worst crimes. The suspense film, titled High and Low, was shot during the latter half of 1962 and released in March 1963. It broke Kurosawa's box office record (the third film in a row to do so), became the highest grossing Japanese film of the ...
The following is a list of works, both in film and other media, for which the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa made some documented creative contribution. This includes a complete list of films with which he was involved (including the films on which he worked as assistant director before becoming a full director), as well as his little-known contributions to theater, television and literature.
The film is inspired by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller … Spike Lee Talks Upcoming Film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ and How Akira Kurosawa Is a Key Inspiration for His Career ...
"High and Low", a 2006 song by Greg Laswell "High and Low" (Empire of the Sun song), 2016 "High and Low" (Tove Styrke song), 2011 "High & Low" (song), a 2023 song by Gemma Hayes "Hi & Low", a song by boy band the Wanted on their 2010 album The Wanted; High & Low Down, a 1971 album by Louisiana blues musician Lightnin' Slim
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The information in the table is derived from the IMDb Akira Kurosawa awards page [1] and the IMDb awards pages for the individual films, supplemented by the filmography by Kurosawa’s biographer, Stuart Galbraith IV, [2] unless otherwise noted. Key: (NK) = Not known; (P) = Posthumous award
High and Low: Akira Kurosawa 1963 Japan [13] [14] The High Commissioner: Ralph Thomas 1968 United Kingdom, United States [8] The Hole: Jacques Becker: 1960 France [26] Hoodlum Priest: Irvin Kershner 1961 United States [2] The Hostage: Russell Doughten: 1967 United States [16] The Housemaid: Kim Ki-young: 1960 South Korea [33] The Hustler ...