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High And Low (DVD, 2005)

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Based on an Ed McBain novel, High and Low is a gripping police thriller starring Toshiro Mifune. Wealthy industrialist Kingo Gondo (Mifune) faces an agonising choice when a ruthless kidnapper, aiming to snatch his young son, takes the chauffeur's boy by mistake - but still demands the ransom, leaving Gondo facing ruin if he pays up. An anatomy of the inequalities in modern Japanese society, High and Low is a complex film noir, where the intense police hunt for the kidnapper is accompanied by penetrating insight into the kidnapper's state of mind. Kurosawa's virtuoso direction provides no easy answers, and in short, the police and the criminal are equally brutal, but nonetheless human.

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Tense thriller based on a novel by Ed McBain. A rich industrialist is blackmailed into paying a ransom demand when a kidnapping goes wrong. The victim is the chauffeur's son... Japanese dialogue with English subtitles.

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EAN5035673006368

eBay Product ID (ePID)44822104

Product Key Features

ActorTatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Toshiro Mifune

Film/TV TitleHigh and Low

DirectorAkira Kurosawa

LanguageJapanese

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time143 Mins

Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen

Release Year2005

FormatDVD

FeaturesBlack & White, Widescreen, With Subtitles

GenreThriller, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate12A/12

Country/Region of ManufactureJapan

Additional InformationBased on KING'S RANSOM, a crime novel by Ed McBain, HIGH AND LOW stars Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy, hardworking businessman. As Gondo plans a coup that will secure his position as the head of his Yokohama shoe company, he is contacted by a criminal who informs him that he's kidnapped his son. The crook demands a huge ransom for the boy's return--an amount that has taken Gondo 30 years of labour to amass. As the worried industrialist prepares to pay the ransom, he discovers that his son is safe at home--the kidnapper has mistakenly snatched his chauffeur's son. The question quickly becomes: Does Gondo abandon his plans to pay off the criminal, or does he do the honourable thing and help save his driver's child

ReviewsNew York Times - One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed, Sight And Sound - Gripping, intellectually absorbing entertainment, Time Out - A finely tooled item, made by a master craftsman

Movie/TV TitleHigh And Low