Akira Kurosawa's crime thriller but gets drawn out in 2nd half
High And Low was Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller. Toshiro Mifune plays an executive at a shoe company who was trying to take it over when kidnappers tried to take his son but grab his chauffer’s child instead. If he pays the ransom his business plans are ruined. The police led by Tatsuya Nakadai try to free the kid and arrest the criminals.<br /><br />I was surprised to see Nakadi as an inspector because I’m so used to him playing deadly samurai. Mifune is excellent as usual. You can feel the tension in his outbursts as he has to decide between doing the right thing and making money. There’s a great scene where he tells the police and his wife he won’t pay for the release of the child because it would ruin his business. Everyone turns away from him as he goes on a rant. It's a powerful moment.<br /><br />Most of the film is actually a police procedural with Nakadi leading the investigation, looking for clues, etc. Sometimes Kurosawa went a little overboard being so detailed in these scenes. It makes the film feel dragged out in the second half. Interestingly it also talks about drug addicts in Japan and one scene the kidnapper walks through an entire area full of dope heads. It’s not something I’d seen before in Japanese cinema.
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