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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.
High and Low is an incredibly influential family drama-slash-captivating crime film, based on the pulp novel by Ed McBain and shot in the widescreen format Tohoscope