High And Low: The Criterion Collection  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 2.35:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1963  /  Special Edition  /  Region All

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 1 Customer Comments Suggestions 2 Used Products Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend All-Time Sales Rank: 1932 Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis Akira Kurasawa's exquisitely crafted adaptation of an Ed McBain mystery and is one of the greatest suspense films ever made. Toshiro Mifune and Tatsuya Nakadai star in a film about a kidnapping that goes terribly wrong. 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. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Toshiro Mifune  • Tatsuya Nakadai Directors:  • Akira Kurosawa Product Information Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Color Audio: (more info) JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English Studio: Criterion Production Year: 1963 Release Date: 10/14/1998 Length: 143 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 23 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: HIG050 UPC Code: 037429130322 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Mystery, Special Editions, Thrillers, Art House, Classics, Criterion Collection, Foreign, Hostage Crisis, Japanese Studios: Criterion Customers who bought this Title also bought Hidden Fortress, The: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Red Beard: The Criterion Collection  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review Another bare bones DVD from Criterion... - 4 out of 5  (11/13/1998) Toshiro Mifune stars in Akira Kurosawa's richly detailed film noir. The tension in this film is relentless at times, and if you've seen Mifune only in Samurai films, you need to see him here, as a wealthy, contemporary businessman, who has to make some difficult choices. It's a remarkably restrained performance. As always, Kurosawas's direction is dead on. The widescreen transfer from Criterion looks great, crystal clear with no digital flaws. Sounded fine on my system, but my audio isn't too fo   more >>