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High and Low AKA Tengoku to jigoku (1963)
An executive of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped and held for ransom.Director: Akira Kurosawa
OVERALL: R1-
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Extras:Theatrical trailer
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Subtitles:Chinese Traditional and English
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Aspect Ratio:2.46:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Notes:Contains grammatically incorrect subtitles throughout.
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Subtitles:French, German
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:Color Bars
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Liner note essay by film historian Chuck Stephens.
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Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 4.0 surround
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Part of the 25 film 25 disc "AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa" which includes "Sanshiro Sugata" (1943), "The Most Beautiful" (1944), "Sanshiro Sugata Part Two" (1945), "The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail" (1945), "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Drunken Angel" (1948), "Stray Dog" (1949), "Scandal" (1950), "Rashomon" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951), "Ikiru" (1952), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "I Live in Fear" (1955), "Throne of Blood" (1957), "The Lower Depths" (1957), "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), "The Bad Sleep Well" (1960), "Yojimbo" (1961), "Sanjuro" (1962), "High and Low" (1963), "Red Beard" (1965), "Dodes’ka-den" (1970), "Kagemusha" (1980), "Madadayo" (1993).
Packaged in a deluxe linen-bound collector's set with an illustrated 96-page hardback book. -
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince
DISC TWO
“Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create - High and Low” documentary (37:01)
"Tetsuko's Room" 1981 TV show interview with Toshiro Mifune (30:29)
2008 interview with actor Tsutomu Yamazaki (19:03)
Japanese theatrical trailer (3:36)
Japanese teaser trailer (1:52)
US theatrical trailer (1:41) -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 4.0 surround
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:36-page liner notes booklet featuring:
- "Between Heaven and Hell" an essay by Geoffrey O'Brien
- "On The Set of High and Low" article by Donald Richie from a 1963 issue of "Films and Filming" -
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Extras:Weblink
Credits -
Subtitles:French (forced)
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese DTS 2.0 mono
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono -
Case type:Keep Case
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Subtitles:Dutch
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Aspect Ratio:2.55:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available as part of the "Akira Kurosawa Collection 2" along with: "Rashomon", "Drunken Angel" and "The Hidden Fortress".
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Extras:"Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create - High and Low" documentary
Teaser
Trailer -
Subtitles:Japanese
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 4.0
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Comes with a slipcase and a booklet.
Part of the "Akira Kurosawa: The Masterworks" collection. -
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.55:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Bad image quality. NTSC → PAL port, resulting in interlacing artefacts, erratic movement and ghosting.
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Extras:Biographies for:
- Toshiro Mifune
- Akira Kurosawa
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Subtitles:English (FORCED)
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Aspect Ratio:2.55:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:This is an NTSC release.
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Extras:Picture and poster gallery
Bonus Trailers for Tokyo Story, An Autumn Afternoon, Early Summer, Ikiru, Seven Samurai -
Subtitles:English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:2.55:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Dolby Digital 4.0
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 20 page booklet.
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CUTS:
- R0 Hong Kong- Mei Ah - No cuts.
- R0 Switzerland- Trigon Film - No cuts (143:24 NTSC->PAL).
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (143:15 NTSC).
- R1 AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (143:05 NTSC).
- R1 Re-Release America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (143:25 NTSC).
- R2 France- Wild Side Video - No cuts (137:46 PAL).
- R2 Holland- Total Film - No cuts.
- R2 Japan- Toho - No cuts.
- R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (143:10 NTSC).
- R4 Australia- Madman Entertainment - No cuts (137:29 PAL).
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 24/12/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 07/03/20UPDATE LOG:
28/12/16: Additions of Switzerland, Australia, capsaholic, ASINs.
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08/10/19: Added France.
07/03/20: Added US AK 100.
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