Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Takashi Shimura . 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 making-of documentary, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create ; rare interviews with Mifune Toshirō and Yamazaki Tsutomu; theatrical trailers from Japan and the U.S.
Contents:
Special features: Widescreen verson enhanced for 16x9 TVs -- disc 1. Audio commentary featuring Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince -- New, restored high-definition digital transfer -- Language: Japanese Dolby digital surround -- Subtitles: English. disc 2. 37-minute documentary on the making of High and Low, created as part ot the Toho Masterworks series "Akira Kurosawa: It is wonderful to create" -- Rare video interview with actor Toshiro Mifune, conducted by TV talk-show host Tetsuko Kuroyanagi -- New video interview with actor Tsutomu Yamazaki who plays the kidnapper -- Theatrical trailers from Japan and the U.S.
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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