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High and Low

High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku). Akira Kurosawa, 1963.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #24, released 2011. Japanese language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 143 minutes.

Summary: No particular depictions of violence or harm to animals.

High and Low is a fabulous vehicle for the great Toshiro Mifune, and shows Kurosawa’s masterful use of psychologically compelling widescreen composition.