Akira Kurosawa 

HIGH AND LOW

Sunday, July 27, 2025 | 3:00pm

Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 2:30pm

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 | 7:00pm

Little Theatre 1 (240 East Ave.)
Doors open at 6:30pm

Regular ticket prices
Tickets available online in advance, at our box office during open hours, or at the door (if available).

4K Restoration & Presentation | Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku), the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa.

Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on contemporary Japanese society.

Note: “Highest 2 Lowest” — Spike Lee’s reinterpretation of “High and Low” — comes to The Little in late summer!

Akira Kurosawa

Director of 30 feature films during a career spanning 6 decades, Akira Kurosawa is one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. Known for his technical mastery and humanistic themes, Kurosawa’s films are celebrated for their artistic depth and cultural significance, and his samurai epics redefined the action film genre.

The Little is highlighting 4 of the director’s iconic works, in stunning new 4K restorations, throughout July and August.

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