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Road To High & Low

2016 · 95 min

Stylised street-gang brawls and brooding loyalty clashes, loud and kinetic but emotionally sincere beneath the swagger.

Overview
Three inseparable friends are torn apart when one of them joins a criminal syndicate threatening to overpower his old friends' gang.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • violence
  • power
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
action, drama
Directed by
Shigeaki Kubo
Written by
HI-AX
Starring
Takanori Iwata, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Keita Machida, Yuki Yamada, Wataru Ichinose, ANARCHY, Hiroomi Tosaka, Kenjiro Yamashita
Music
Yuta Nakano
Runtime
95 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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