High and Low
One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed.
-- A.O. Scott, New York Times
High and Low
(Tengoku to jigoku)
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, a compelling race-against-time thriller and a penetrating portrait of contemporary Japanese society.
Genre
Crime,
Drama,
Mystery,
Auteur Cinema,
Repertory
Runtime
143
Language
Japanese
Director
Akira
Cast
Tatsuya Nakadai
Awards:
Nominee, Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globes
Nominee, Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
Based on Ed McBain's novel, "King's Ransom," "High and Low" illuminates its world with a wholeness and complexity you rarely see in film. As Akira Kurosawa weaves together character study, social commentary and police procedure, he combines what might have been a whole series of movies for another ...
Played at
Town Center 5 7.04.09 - 7.05.09
Lumiere Music Hall 7.04.09 - 7.05.09
Playhouse 7 7.04.09 - 7.05.09
Fine Arts Theatre 12.04.16 - 12.04.16
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