HIGH AND LOW (1963) - (The Criterion Collection - #24) [2 DVD9] [2008]

Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa’s highly influential High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku). Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a penetrating portrait of contemporary Japanese society. Criterion is proud to present High and Low in an all-new high-definition digital transfer.





MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Akira Kurosawa
COUNTRY: Japan
YEAR: 1963

CAST
Toshiro Mifune
Kyoko Kagawa
Tatsuya Mihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
Yutaka Sada
Takashi Shimura
Susumu Fujita
Kenjiro Ishiyama
Ko Kimura
Takeshi Kato


Credits
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay: Hideo OgunI (screenplay), Ryûzô Kikushima (screenplay), Eijirô Hisaita (screenplay), Akira Kurosawa (screenplay)
Cinematography: Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saitô
Production Design: Yoshirô Muraki
Editing: Reiko Kaneko (assistant editor)
Original Music: Masaru Satô






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: July 22, 2008
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 24
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 2.35:1
COLOR: Black and White
AUDIO: Japanese Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 143 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + Ultra ISO
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVD's
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO)
FILE SIZE: Disc one: 7.14 GBs | Disc two: 5.56 GBs







Disc Features

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer with original four-track surround sound
* Audio commentary featuring Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince
* A 37-minute documentary on the making of High and Low, created as part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: 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 kidnapper
* Theatrical trailers from Japan and the U.S.
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien and an on-set account by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie

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