Akira Kurasawa's exquisitely crafted adaptation of an Ed McBain mystery and is one of the greatest suspense films ever made. Toshiro Mifune stars a 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.