High and Low (1963)

High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) Directed by Akira Kurosawa Written by Hideo Oguni, Akira Kurosawa etc. from a novel by Evan Hunter (Ed McBain) 1963/Japan Kurosawa Production Company/Toho Co. Repeat viewing/Netflix rental Repeat viewings do not lessen the pleasures of this one. Kingo Gondo (Toshi... Read full article

Review: High and Low (1963)

High and Low (or Heaven and Hell in the original Japanese) is a yin and yang film about the polarity of man in many ways. Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) is an affluent executive in the National Shoe Company. He worked his way up the corporate ladder from the age 16, because of his determination and commitm... Read full article

Review: High and Low (1963)

High and Low (or Heaven and Hell in the original Japanese) is a yin and yang film about the polarity of man in many ways. Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) is an affluent executive in the National Shoe Company. He worked his way up the corporate ladder from the age 16, because of his determination and commitm... Read full article

And Never The Twain Should Meet – High And Low (1963)

***Spoiler Warning*** Yes, once again, I’m writing about a 50+ year old movie, but to me that doesn’t matter. As I’ve noted before, if you’ve never seen the film, it’s a new movie to you, and there are certain twists in the plot that I will be discussing that you might ... Read full article

High and Low (1963)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune, the film opens with a wealthy shoe company executive as he tries to struggle for control of the company. He makes a big gamble, waging everything he has to try and succeed. However, things take a bad turn when he believes his son has been kidna... Read full article