PART OF A LINCOLN FILM SERIES: KUROSAWA / MIFUNE
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Join us at the Lincoln Theatre for our film series Kurosawa / Mifune.
In the 1950s and '60s, director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshirô Mifune were an unstoppable team, creating 16 films together that form the bedrock of modern Japanese cinema.
Kurosawa once said, "All the films that I made with Mifune, without him, they would not exist," while Mifune himself claimed, "I have never as an actor done anything that I am proud of other than with him."
Come see for yourself what Kurosawa and Mifune were so proud of -- here are four films that rank among the greatest ever made, inspiring countless filmmakers for decades to come.
August 20: High and Low
Mifune stars as a wealthy industrialist, Kingo Gondo, whose family becomes the target of a ruthless kidnapper in Kurosawa's exemplary film noir. When Gondo's son is kidnapped, he is of course willing to pay the ransom to ensure his safe return. However, when it's discovered that it was accidentally the son of his chauffeur that was abducted, is the cost of the child's life still worth it?
Based on Ed McBain's detective novel King's Ransom, High and Low is both a riveting thriller and a brilliant commentary on contemporary Japanese society.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Starring Toshirô Mifune, Kyôko Kagawa, Yutaka Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura
Japan | Japanese | 1963 | Drama, Crime | 143 minutes | NR
Film Prices
Lincoln Theatre Members get $2.00 off on the following prices with discount code:
General: $11.00
Seniors, Students, and Active Military: $10.00
Children 12 and under: $8.50
All prices include a $2.00 Preservation Fee that goes directly into our capital account for the preservation of the Lincoln Theatre and its programs.