High and Low

i was in the middle of writing a review describing why this film doesnt deserve 5/5 but midway through typing the introduction i forgot my reasons.  will leave it at 4,5/5 as is for now. i’ll bump it up to 5/5 if i dont come up with anything new in the near future. also, Kurosawa redeemed himself in my eyes after his latest abomination of “Ran (1985)” speaking of which, gonna take half a star off on that one just to encourage Kurosawa to do better in the future. looking forward to his future endeavors type shi upd: okay so that scene where they walk follow around the guy in the drug thingie and its all slums and shit i dont really get the relation of that scene to the rest of the narrative it feels stretched and unnecessary.