High and Low

If, like I, you think of Akira Kurosawa films as sweeping, Shakespearian, period (Japanese) war movies, you have a pleasant surprise in store! Kurosawa also made contemporary stories with nary a katana. One of these films is High and Low, an intimate examination of ethics set in motion when kidnappers contact the wealthy father of the 'napped with the…
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