Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese society.

Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's highly influential domestic drama and police procedural High And Low. Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High And Low (Tengoko to jigoku) in this new high-definition digital transfer.

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Director	Akira Kurosawa
Actor	Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyôko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Isao Kimura, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Takeshi Katô
Label	CRITERION

Genre	Drama Crime Mystery
Content	Blu-ray
FSK / age rating	from age 0
Publication date	26.07.2011
Region code	A
Edition	Criterion Collection
Version	US Version
Original title	Tengoku to jigoku (Japanese)
Year of production	1963
Length	143 Minutes
Audio	English

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the pulse runs high!

Written on 28. December 2002 by der Koma-läufer.
This customer review refers to a alternative version.

ultra spannendes, minimalistisches meisterwerk. mit dabei natürlich der beste schauspieler aller zeiten Toshiro mifune