880-02 Mifune Toshirō, Nakadai Tatsuya, Kagawa Kyōko, Mihashi Tatsuya. Based on the novel King's ransom by Ed McBain. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. Special features: Audio commentary featuring Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince; 37 minute documentary on the making of "High and low," created as part of the Toho masterworks series "Akira Kurosawa: it is wonderful to create"; video interview with actor Toshiro Mifune from 1984; video interview with Tsutomu Yamazaki; theatrical trailer and teaser.
Summary:
A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy Japanese shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma.
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