Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a rich industrial whose family is targeted by a calculating hostage taker. High and Low is an incredibly influential family drama come captivating crime film based on the pulp novel by Ed McBain and shot in the widescreen format Tohoscope.

High and Low is part of our Summer program featuring 5 classics by Akira Kurosawa. Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Ran and High and Low will all screen this Summer. Check all dates here.

Rich industrialist Kingo Gondo (Toshiro Mifune) has scrimped and saved become the majority shareholder at the show company he has spent most of his life working for. His plans are threatened when his son’s playmate is kidnapped by mistake – it should have been the latter. Paying the ransom would cause Gondo’s financial downfall.