Credits: Directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki. Rating/Runtime: Not rated. 143 minutes. Streaming on various services.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Official image from ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ courtesy of A24. The first act of Akira Kurosawa’s “High ...

It might surprise some movie fans, but Spike Lee’s latest film, Highest 2 Lowest, Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, and an old 1962 TV episode all come from the same source material. The crime novel King ...

Long Take is a revelatory new portrait of Akira Kurosawa, the masterful Japanese filmmaker whose classic films include Rashoman (1950) The post Akira Kurosawa’s 20 Favorite Early Films appeared first ...

Upon receiving notice of an upcoming program at Film Forum, “Kurosawa in 4K,” I was happy to get the opportunity to see a group of movies by Akira Kurosawa (1910-88) on a big screen while ...

You expect a measure (or three) of idiosyncrasy from a Spike Lee movie; few major filmmakers follow their muse with such ornery dedication. So if “Highest 2 Lowest” is Lee’s most ambitious and ...

Feature: How to adapt a film like Akira Kurosawa? Akira Kurosawa is one of the world’s most revered directors, his films often cited as inspiration amongst other auteurs. Sometimes that inspiration ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

And while a modern day reimagining of Kurosawa's 1963 police procedural High and Low had some measure of potential, ...