Review of High and Low (1933) by Dalibor S — 21 Feb 2014

Suspenseful and well acted, Kurosawa takes on the Film-Noir genre and crafts a beautiful filmed masterpiece! At a running time of nearly two and a half hours, the film absorbs you in to the story and setting, from the mansion that Gondo (Toshirô Mifune) owns where the first hour takes place to the drug infested streets, and never lets go! While you admire Gondo for making such a huge sacrifice to save the child's life, you feel sick to think of how his life dive bombs because of it.

What a totally engaging film that is so beautifully captured in all of it's details that it makes a long film seem short and makes you hope that it never ends! Highly Recommended, especially for Kurosawa fans and fans of the film-noir genre!