Join Jeff Stern for a discussion on this month’s movie Directed by Akira Kurosawa: High and Low (1963)
Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low (1963) is a gripping crime-thriller focusing on a wealthy shoe executive, Kingo Gondo (Toshirô Mifune), who becomes the victim of a kidnapper, only to discover the criminal mistakenly snatched his chauffeur’s son. Gondo faces a moral dilemma to pay the ransom, risking his financial ruin in a tense, two-act structure exploring class, guilt, and the divide between the wealthy elite and the desperate poor.
Please watch the movie prior to the discussion.
Film can be screened via Tubi for Free, HBO, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, etc.
