High and Low

Dir: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai
142mins   1963   Japan   Certificate: 12A   Japanese    Subtitled   

Part of Depot's Book to Film Club

A wealthy industrialist's family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Akira Kurosawa's exemplary film noir.

Based on Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, High and Low is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary Japanese society.

'One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed' - A.O. Scott, New York Times


Showtimes


Mon 21 April

10:30
20:00