High and low / Toho Company ; screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima, Hideo Oguni, Eijiro Hisaita, Akira Kurosawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa ; produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Ryuzo Kikushima.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoChicago : Home Vision Cinema, ©1998, ©1963.
Description1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorKurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
Other author/creatorMifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
Other author/creatorMcBain, Ed, 1926-2005 King's ransom.
Other author/creatorTōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
Other author/creatorHome Vision (Firm)
Variant title Other title on container: Akira Kurosawa's High and low
SeriesThe criterion collection ; 24
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 24. ^A506835
Abstract A complex crime thriller in which a wealthy shoe manufacturer's chauffeur's son is kidnapped in mistake for his own, and he faces a moral dilemma.
General noteTitle and credits from container.
General noteBased on the novel: King's ransom / by Ed McBain.
General noteOriginally produced as a motion picture in Japan, 1963.
General noteLetterbox, Dolby digital, mono.
CreditsPhotography, Asakazu Nakai, Takao Saito ; music, Masaru Sato.
Performer Toshirō Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageIn Japanese with optional English subtitles.
ISBN0780021509