Story by Ed McBain. An 87th Precinct Mystery given the Tokyo treatment by Akira Kurosawa.

HIGH AND LOW

Akira Kurosawa

1963

Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura

Screenplay by Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima, Eijirō Hisaita and Akira Kurosawa; adapted from King's Ransom by Ed McBain

Title: HIGH AND LOW

Year: 1963

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura

Writing: Screenplay by Hideo Oguni, Ryūzō Kikushima, Eijirō Hisaita and Akira Kurosawa; adapted from King's Ransom by Ed McBain

Genre tags: CRIME, THRILLER