{"product_id":"high-and-low-uk-import-region-b-blu-ray","title":"High And Low (UK Import Region B BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Import. Blu-Ray is Region B Locked, will only play on Multi Region Blu-Ray Players.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on an Ed McBain novel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHigh and Low\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eis a gripping police thriller starring Toshiro Mifune.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWealthy industrialist Kingo Gondo (Mifune) faces an agonising choice when a ruthless kidnapper, aiming to snatch his young son, takes the chauffeur’s boy by mistake – but still demands the ransom, leaving Gondo facing ruin if he pays up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn anatomy of the inequalities in modern Japanese society,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHigh and Low\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a complex film noir, where the intense police hunt for the kidnapper is accompanied by penetrating insight into the kidnapper’s state of mind. Kurosawa’s virtuoso direction provides no easy answers, and in short, the police and the criminal as equally brutal, but nonetheless human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eExtras:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresented in High Definition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewly recorded audio commentary by Japanese film expert Jasper Sharp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAkira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – High and Low\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2002, 38 mins): the director discusses how High and Low came to exist, and how specific sequences were filmed. Also features interviews with actors Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Takeshi Kato, and Tatsuya Mihashi, as well as cameraman Takao Saito and Masaharu Ueda and script supervisor Teruyo Nogami\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet with new essay on the film by Alex Barrett, archive essay by Philip Kemp and an original review from Monthly Film Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44334003617992,"sku":"BFIB1527","price":40.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/highandlowbd.jpg?v=1736130838","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/high-and-low-uk-import-region-b-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}