I just watched Kurosawa's High and Low. One thing that struck me was how advanced & modern was the technique of the police in the movie, given the time period and the state of things in Asia at the time. It was believable to me.
The police techniques included the paint scrapings from the car, the dyes in the briefcases, identifying which phones would be hot or shaded at 9 AM.
Did all this reflect the actual
practice of Japan's police at the time? Or did this come from the American novel that was the source for the idea for the movie?
If it was the actual practice, how did Japan's police get so advanced and when did they do so? Post-WWII with training from Americans? In the 1930s with training from the Germans?
I can't imagine police in Korea or China being this sophisticated in 1963. Please let me know if that's correct or not.
by palefire123