High and Low (digitale restauratie)

The films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, are finally returning to the big screen after more than 30 years. Seven Samurai, High and Low, Ikiru, and Yojimbo are highlights of Kurosawa’s impressive body of work that true film lovers won’t want to miss. All four films will be showing at Cinecitta starting June 26! In High and Low, Kurosawa effortlessly shifts from a gripping thriller to a devilishly sharp social critique of postwar Japan (4K restoration). At a critical point in his business career, Gondo discovers that his son has been kidnapped—and that the ransom demanded equals the amount he has saved for a crucial business deal. Gondo is prepared to pay the ransom, until he learns that the kidnappers have taken not his son, but the son of his chauffeur. Now Gondo must decide: is another man's child worth as much as his own?