High and Low 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray presents Akira Kurosawa’s gripping fusion of crime thriller and social drama, starring Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy executive whose life unravels when a kidnapper targets his household. Adapted from Ed McBain’s novel King’s Ransom, the film shifts from a tense, chamber-set negotiation into a sprawling police procedural, exposing sharp class divisions and the moral fractures of modern Japanese society. Kurosawa’s precision direction and Mifune’s towering performance make this one of the director’s most influential works.
 
Film Info
Japan
1963
143 minutes
Black and White/Color
2.39:1
Japanese
Spine #24

High and Low [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] w/o slip

Name: High and Low [4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray] w/o slip
Brand: Criterion Collection

$59.99

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4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with 4.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• Audio commentary featuring Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
• Documentary on the making of High and Low, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
• Interviews with actors Toshiro Mifune and Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Trailers and teaser
• PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and an on-set account by Japanese-film scholar Donald Richie

Cover by Lucien S. Y. Yang
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