From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tense, taut film of a modern "perfect crime" with more excitement than even Hitchcock could create.
From Akira Kurosawa, director of "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro" comes a tens...
While not a masterpiece on par with Kurosawa's best work, High And Low is a fine example of his craft, and further proof that it's not a few masterpieces but the overall scope of a career that defines a great director.
– Keith Phipps,
AV Club,
13 Jun 2002
fresh:
High and Low illuminates its world with a wholeness and complexity you rarely see in film.