High and Low

15 yrs 143 minutes • 1963 • 8.4

High and Low is about Gondo, who is a wealthy businessman, is contacted by some men who claim to have kidnapped his son. They demand a ransom of such magnitude that it would ruin Gondo. But still he chooses to pay. Until he finds out that his son is home and completely unharmed. The kidnappers have taken the wrong boy. Now Gondo must choose between rescuing the driver's kidnapped son or his own company. It is the significant director Akira Kurosawa who is behind Heaven and Hell. A film based on the Ed McBains King’s ransom.