High and Low
a.k.a. Heaven and Hell, Tengoku To Jigoku
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Cast:
Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Nakadai
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- DVD Release Date: 07/22/2008
- Original Release: 1962
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- Sales Rank: 253
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Features
Disc One:; New, restored high-definition digital transfer with original four-track surround sound; Audio commentary featuring Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince; New and improved English subtitle translation; Disc Two:; a 37-minute documentary of the making of High and Low, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosaw: 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 kidnapped ; Theatricak trailers frpm Japan and the U.S.; A bookley featuring a new essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an on-set account by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie
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Disc #1 -- High and Low
1. Opening Credits [2:23]
2. High Heels [8:28]
3. King Gondo [5:52]
4. "I Have Youir Son" [2:58]
5. Special Delivery [4:06]
6. Second Call [5:54]
7. Aoki's Plea [4:21]
8. "I Won't Pay" [5:04]
9. Kwanishi's Advice [5:47]
10. "Hot As Hell" [5:13]
11. Preparations [4:57]
12. Bullet Train [6:37]
13. "Gondo's Sacrifice" [3:33]
14. 8 MM Proof [5:19]
15. Back At Headquarters [5:00]
16. Toyopets and ZGrudges [6:26]
17. Getting Better [5:26]
18. Mount Fuji and the Sea [8:19]
19. Press Briefing [6:05]
20. "1000-Yen Note Found" [3:17]
21. "Pretty Pink Smoke" [4:58]
22. Taking the Bait [5:12]
23. Tailing Takeuchi [9:35]
24. Dope Alley [5:41]
25. "A Real Prize" [2:46]
26. Now or Never [3:35]
27. Heavan and Hell [6:24]
28. Color Bars [:00]
Disc #2 -- High and Low
1. Introduction [2:17]
2. Three Gondon Mansions [5:31]
3. Longest Take [5:00]
4. Kodama II Express [7:55]
5. Supporting Actors [3:55]
6. Hunting the Kidnapper [3:22]
7. Design Details [3:14]
8. The Fourth Ending [2:44]
9. Kurosawa's Editing [2:57]
1. International Projects [7:09]
2. Alain Delon and Mr. Clean [4:05]
3. From China to Japan [6:08]
4. "Thee-Star Officer" [3:49]
5. Early Days in Film [3:35]
6. Living Though Hard Times [5:41]
Editorial Reviews
Based on King's Ransom, an "87th Precinct" novel by Ed McBain (aka Evan Hunter), High and Low stars Toshiro Mifune as Gondo, a wealthy industrialist. Gondo is contacted by a gang of kidnappers, who inform him that they've kidnapped his son. The crooks demand a huge ransom for the boy's return -- an amount so huge that it will utterly bankrupt Gondo. As the harried businessman prepares to pay the ransom, he discovers that his son is safe at home: the kidnappers have accidentally snatched the son of his chauffeur. Does Gondo drop his payoff plans, or does he do the honorable thing and rescue his employee's son? This dilemma is but one aspect of the multilayered character study from the unbeatable team of star Toshiro Mifune and filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, who directs this superb film with his usual depth and impeccable eye for detail and character. As a man forced to make impossible decisions, Mifune gives a nuanced, perceptive and psychologically convincing performance. While not one of Kurosawa's master works, High and Low, with its grim reality and moral ambiguity stands as a superb example of film noir at its best. High and Low was originally released in Japan as Tengoku To-Jigoku. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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