Japan/1963 — directed by Akira Kurosawa | 143 min.

Toshiro Mifune is revelatory as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy Tokyo shoe company executive whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku), the brilliantly structured and visually striking police procedural that showcases Kurosawa at the height of his storytelling powers. 

Adapting Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from a gripping race-against-time thriller to incisive social commentary, crafting a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society. Presented in a brand-new 4K restoration. 

“One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed.” — Howard Thompson, The New York Times