Threats after a kidnapping filmSourced
After a film about abduction opened, its director received threats against his own daughter.
Akira Kurosawa's High and Low opened in 1963. Amid concern about kidnappings in Japan, callers threatened to abduct his daughter, then about eight or nine. Precautions were taken for her trips to school.
The fear crossed from the screen into his home.
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