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High and Low

High and Low

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Brett Alan Dewing
Aug 20, 2020
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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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