If you loved High and Low, try The Bad Sleep Well
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Bad Sleep Well has roughly 4.0× fewer votes than High and Low — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Akira Kurosawa, and they both carry the foreign gem mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to High and Low, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Bad Sleep Well is
Midnight reception. A cake shaped like the building where the vice president’s wedding toast curdles.
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