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High and LowOther

by Akira Kurosawa

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Celine Song
Korean-Canadian playwright and film director of Past Lives.
loved

High and Low is a masterful thriller.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Celine Song, the entry for High and Low.

2023-07-13·criterion.com ↗

Connor Jessup
Canadian actor and filmmaker; played Ben Mason in Falling Skies (2011 to 2015) and Tyler Locke in Locke & Key (2020 to 2022), starred in Closet Monster (2015), and wrote and directed the shorts Boy (2015) and Lira's Forest (2017).
loved

There are so many Kurosawa movies to pick from, but High and Low was the first I saw, when I was fourteen or fifteen, and it was a shock to the system.

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Connor Jessup, the entry for High and Low.

2017-09-11·criterion.com ↗

Bill Hader
American actor, comedian and filmmaker; Saturday Night Live cast member and co-creator of Barry.
loved

The first half of High and Low is so well told, paced, acted, and shot—and it’s all in one room!

Criterion Collection Top 10 list by Bill Hader, the entry for High and Low.

2011-03-17·criterion.com ↗

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