High & low (1963)
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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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