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An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.
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 contemporary Japanese society. [143 min; drama, crime; Japanese with English subtitles]
"A meticulously documented drama, High and Low incorporates a spectacular sequence filmed in a dope den, shocking, pathetic and horrible." — Dorothy Master, New York Daily News
"In its deceptively leisurely way, it moves from engrossing to devastating, and it reverberates with insights not only on the contemporary world, but on Kurosawa's inner world as well." — Jay Carr, Boston Globe
"An amazing, sustained piece of film-making bravura from Kurosawa." — Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
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