| Description |
1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 viewer guide ([4] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 24 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 24.
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| Cast |
Mifune Toshirō, Nakadai Tatsuya, Kagawa Kyōko, Mihashi Tatsuya. |
| Credits |
Photography, Nakai Asaichi, Saitō Takao; music, Satō Masaru; subtitles, Captions Inc. |
| Note |
Based on the novel King's ransom, by Ed McBain. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. |
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A foreign film (Japan). |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; copy protected; original aspect ratio (2.35:1, letterboxed); Dolby digital; monaural. |
| Summary |
A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma -- should he pay the ransom anyway and risk losing his position? |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue, with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
McBain, Ed, 1926-2005 -- Film adaptations.
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Kidnapping -- Drama.
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| Indexed Term |
Yūkai dorama. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Foreign language films -- Japanese.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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黒澤明, 1910-1998
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Tanaka, Tomoyuki, 1910-1997.
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田中友幸, 1910-1997.
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Oguni, Hideo, 1904-1996.
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小国英雄, 1904-
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989.
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菊島隆三, 1914-
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
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Sada, Yutaka.
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McBain, Ed, 1926-2005.
King's ransom.
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Kurosawa Purodakushon.
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黒沢プロダクション.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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東宝株式会社.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Title on disc label: High and low |
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Title on container: Akira Kurosawa's High and low |
| ISBN |
0780021509 |
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9780780021501 |
| Standard No. |
037429130322 |
| Music No. |
HIG050 Criterion Collection |
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