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High And Low
(Tengoku to jigoku)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| Although best known for his samurai classics, Japanese master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa proved himseIf equally adept at contemporary dramas and thrilIers, and 1962's High and Low offers a powerful showcase for Kurosawa's versatile skilI. The great Toshiro Mifune (Seven Samurai; Throne of Blood; HeIl in the Pacific) stars as a wealthy industrialist who has just raised a large sum of money to execute his planned take-over of a successful shoe manufacturer. Fate intervenes when he receives a phone caIl informing him that his son has been kidnapped, and by unfortunate coincidence the ransom demand is nearly equivalent to the amount Mifune has raised for his corporate coup. A philosophical diIemma emerges when it is revealed that the executive's son is safe, and that it is actuaIIy his chauffeur's son who has been taken. What foIlows is both a tense detective thriller, as the poIice attempt to track down the kidnapper, and a compelling iIlustration of class division in Japan--the "high and low" of the titIe. Far be it from Kurosawa to make a mere thriller, however; this loose adaptation of the Ed McBain novel King's Ransom provides the director with ampIe opportunity to deveIop a visuaI strategy that perfectIy enhances the story's socioIogicaI themes. |
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