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Auction History Result 1z0779 HIGH & LOW Japanese R1968 Akira Kurosawa's Tengoku to Jigoku, Toshiro Mifune, classic! Date Sold 4/14/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1968 Re-Release Theatrical Folded Japanese "B2" Movie Poster (measures 20 1/4" x 28 5/8" [51 x 73 cm]) (Learn More) Tengoku to Jigoku (released in the U.S. in 1964 as "Akira Kurosawa's High and Low", and released in other English-speaking countries as "Ransom"), the classic 1963 Akira Kurosawa Japanese kidnapping crime thriller ("Adapted from Ed McBain's 'King's Ransom'"; based on a great story by the U.S. writer Ed McBain, who had many pen names including Evan Hunter; ranks alongside "M" as one of the very finest movies of this kind ever made!) starring Toshiro Mifune, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Susumu Fujita, Kenjiro Ishiyama, Takeshi Kato, and Takashi Shimura (Shimura often worked with Kurosawa, similar to the relationship Ward Bond had with John Ford) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that most of the posters for this film (from Japan or any other country) depict only the "high" society surrounding the president played by Toshiro Mifune, but Japanese 1968 re-release posters depict "high" society people in the upper part and "low" society people in the lower part, which is a central message of this film. Note also that this is a "country of origin" poster for this Japanese movie! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has a diagonal crease running from top to bottom (see our image) and some edge wear. It is otherwise in generally nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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