Guest Introduction by Paul Karasik.
Toshiro Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist whose 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.
Paul Karasik has selected three films as prime examples of Must-See Film Noir. Paul is an Eisner Award winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker and whose graphic novels have been translated world-wide.
“One of the best detective thrillers ever filmed.”–A.O. Scott, New York Times
“High and Low illuminates its world with a wholeness and complexity you rarely see in film.”–Paul Attanasio, Washington Post
