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 stars as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in akira kurosawa's exemplary film noir. based on ed mcbain's detective novel 'king's ransom', high and low is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary japanese society. criterion is proud to present 'high and low' in a luminous new tohoscope transfer with new electronic subtitles.
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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 Collection

Genre	Drama Crime Mystery
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 0
Publication date	14.10.1998
Region code	1
Edition	Criterion Collection
Version	US Version
Original title	Tengoku to jigoku (Japanese)
Year of production	1963
Length	143 Minutes
Audio	Japanese (Mono)
Subtitles	English
Screen	2.35:1

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Written on 28. December 2002 by der Koma-läufer.

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