
High and Low(1963)
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.



Tetsuro Tamba
Miyahara

Naoko Kubo
Aki

Harumi Sone
Saburo
Issac Saxson
Tom Twain (GI Deserter)

Robert Dunham
A Southern Cracker

Hitomi Nakahara

Mitsuo Andō

Eijirō Yanagi
Shunji Kasuga
Ryūji Oki
Greed in Broad Daylight is a drama, crime film released in 1961 exploring themes of japanese noir. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, it stars Tetsuro Tamba, Naoko Kubo, Harumi Sone. After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.
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