| Description |
2 videodiscs (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Playing Time |
022300 |
| Description |
optical rdarm |
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digital rdatr |
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NTSC |
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region 1 |
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dvd video |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 24 |
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Criterion collection ; 24.
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| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. |
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Based on the novel King's ransom by Ed McBain. |
| Cast |
Mifune Toshirō, Nakadai Tatsuya, Kagawa Kyōko, Mihashi Tatsuya, Shimua Takashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki. |
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三船敏郎, 仲代達矢, 香川京子, 三橋達也. |
| Credits |
Satsuei, Nakai Asakazu, Saito Takao ; bijutsu, Muraki Yoshirō ; ongaku, Satō Masaru. |
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撮影, 中井朝一, 齋藤孝雄 ; 美術, 村木與四郎 ; 音楽, 佐藤勝. |
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Director: Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay: Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, Ryūzō Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa ; producers: Ryūzō Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka.--Booklet, p. 9. |
| System Details |
DVD ; region 1, NTSC ; Dolby Digital surround ; widescreen 16:9, 2.35:1 aspect ratio. |
| Note |
Program notes (35 pages) with essay Geoffrey O'Brien and on-set account by Donald Richie inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Special features: Widescreen verson enhanced for 16x9 TVs -- disc 1. Audio commentary featuring Akira Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince -- New, restored high-definition digital transfer -- Language: Japanese Dolby digital surround -- Subtitles: English. disc 2. 37-minute documentary on the making of High and Low, created as part ot 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. |
| Summary |
A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy Japanese shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Kidnapping -- Drama.
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Executives -- Japan -- Drama.
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Mistaken identity -- Drama.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Motion pictures, Japanese. (OCoLC)fst01744145
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Foreign films. (OCoLC)fst00931835
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Executives. (OCoLC)fst00917875
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Kidnapping. (OCoLC)fst00987322
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Mistaken identity. (OCoLC)fst01023960
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Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Japanese language materials.
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Crime films. (OCoLC)fst01710477
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Feature films.
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Mystery films.
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Crime films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter, director.
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黒澤明, 1910-1998, screenwriter, director.
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997, producer.
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田中友幸, 1910-1997, producer.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989, screenwriter, producer.
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菊島隆三, 1914-1989, screenwriter, producer.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996, screenwriter.
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小国英雄, 1904-1996, screenwriter.
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Hisaita, Eijirō, 1898-1976, screenwriter.
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久板栄二郎, 1898-1976, screenwriter.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor, interviewee.
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三船敏郎, 1920-1997, actor, interviewee.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor.
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仲代達矢, 1932- actor.
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Kagawa, Kyōko, actor.
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香川京子.
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Mihashi, Tatsuya, 1923-2004, actor.
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三橋達也, 1923-2004, actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.
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志村乔, 1905-1982, actor.
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Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- actor, interviewee.
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山崎努, 1936- actor, interviewee.
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Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988, cinematographer.
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中井朝一, 1901-1988, cinematographer.
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Muraki, Yoshirō.
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村木与四郎.
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Satō, Masaru, 1928-1999, composer.
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佐藤勝. 1928-1999, composer.
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Prince, Stephen, 1955-2020, commentator.
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O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- author.
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Richie, Donald, 1924-2013, author.
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McBain, Ed, 1926-2005.
King's ransom.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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東宝株式会社.
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Kurosawa Purodakushon.
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黒沢プロダクション.
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| Note |
English title on disc label: High and low |
| ISBN |
9781604650532 |
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1604650532 |
| Standard No. |
715515030922 |
| Music No. |
CC1760D Criterion Collection |
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