#24: KUROSAWA, Akira: High And Low (1963)
KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
High And Low [1963]
Spine #24
DVD
High And Low [1963]
Spine #24
DVD
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 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 penetrating portrait of contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and Low in an all-new high-definition digital transfer.
143 minutes
Black & White/Color
Black & White/Color
Surround
in Japanese
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 1998
Director/Writers
Scenario by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni and Akira Kurosawa.
Kurosawa was 53 when he directed High and Low.
#413: Drunken Angel (1948)
Eclipse Series 7: Scandal (1950)
Eclipse Series 7: The Idiot (1951)
#221: Ikiru (1952)
#2: Seven Samurai (1954)
Eclipse Series 7: I Live In Fear (1955)
Other Kurosawa films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Eclipse Series 7: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
#413: Drunken Angel (1948)
Eclipse Series 7: Scandal (1950)
Eclipse Series 7: The Idiot (1951)
#221: Ikiru (1952)
#2: Seven Samurai (1954)
Eclipse Series 7: I Live In Fear (1955)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
1998 DVD: Four-page leaflet featuring an essay by Chuck Stephens.
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
1998 DVD: Four-page leaflet featuring an essay by Chuck Stephens.
2008 DVD: 36-page booklet featuring an essay by Geoffrey O’Brien and Donald Richie.
Commentary
By Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince.
Documentary
Commentary
By Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince.
Documentary
Thirty-seven minute doc on the making of High and Low, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful To Create.
Video interview
Video interview
With Mifune, conducted by TV talk-show host Tetsuko Kuroyangi.
Interview
Interview
With actor Yamazaki.
Theatrical trailers from Japan and U.S.
Extras Rating (0-40):
Theatrical trailers from Japan and U.S.
Extras Rating (0-40):
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