What is Stray Dog / High and Low about?

STRAY DOG (NORA INU), 1949, Janus Films, 122 min. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. When young police detective Toshiro Mifune’s gun is lifted from him on a bus, his frenzied efforts to find the responsible homicidal fugitive leaves the viewer breathless. In Japanese with English subtitles. HIGH AND LOW (TENGOKU TO JIGOKU), 1963, Janus Films, 142 min. Kurosawa examines social class barriers and the harsh realities of unprincipled capitalism when a shoe magnate (Toshiro Mifune) is challenged with a life-changing decision. Will he or won’t he pay the ransom when a psycho accidentally kidnaps the son of Mifune’s chauffeur instead of Mifune’s own child? In Japanese with English subtitles.

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What is Stray Dog / High and Low about?: STRAY DOG (NORA INU), 1949, Janus Films, 122 min. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. When young police detective Toshiro Mifune’s gun is lifted from him on a bus, his frenzied efforts to find the responsible homicidal fugitive leaves the viewer breathless. In Japanese with English subtitles.
HIGH AND LOW (TENGOKU TO JIGOKU), 1963, Janus Films, 142 min. Kurosawa examines social class barriers and the harsh realities of unprincipled capitalism when a shoe magnate (Toshiro Mifune) is challenged with a life-changing decision. Will he or won’t he pay the ransom when a psycho accidentally kidnaps the son of Mifune’s chauffeur instead of Mifune’s own child? In Japanese with English subtitles.