Title:
High and low [blu-ray]
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Edition:
Blu-ray special ed.
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2011]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781604654738
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from container.
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.
Performers:
Mifune Toshirō, Nakadai Tatsuya, Kagawa Kyōko, Mihashi Tatsuya.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray; widescreen (aspect ratio 2.35:1); 4.0 surround sound; requires Blu-ray player.
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Genre:
Language:
Japanese
Additional Language:
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.