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Stray Dog
1949
Akira Kurosawa's "Stray Dog" is a masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of Occupied Tokyo. When rookie detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his pistol stolen from his pocket while on a bus, his frantic attempts to track down the thief lead him to an illegal weapons market in the .. Read more
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Isao Kimura |
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| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Stray Dog
Akira Kurosawa's "Stray Dog" is a masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of Occupied Tokyo. When rookie detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his pistol stolen from his pocket while on a bus, his frantic attempts to track down the thief lead him to an illegal weapons market in the Tokyo underworld. But the gun has already passed from the pickpocket to a young gangster, and Murakami's gun is identified as the weapon in the shooting of a woman. Murakami, overwhelmed with remorse, turns for help to his older and more experienced senior, Sato (a superb performance by Takashi Shimura). The race is one to find the shooter before he can strike again...
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Isao Kimura |
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| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
| Studio | BFI VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | FILMCLUB Recommends... |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Japanese |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1949 To Rent: DVD: 25 Mar 2002 |
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An early encounter between Kurosawa and two of his favourite actors, Mifune and Shimura, both playing detectives in... read more on Time Out
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Oddly compelling.
Oddly compelling because the subject seems so contrived, but the Japanese are good at making contrived stories work. This has a less assured feel to it than the... read more »
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- 05 Dec 2004 at 18:20
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Stray Dog
Kurosawa provides his own version of a gritty film noir. His first collaboration with Mifune where the latter plays an inexperienced detective whose gun is ... read more »
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Just OK, now.
Perhaps the fuss is about the departure of it then.
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Pistol Pickpocket packs punch
Although Kurosawa had made several films before 'Stray Dog' this was the one that started to get a response from an International audience.
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- Charles Brickley
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- 16 Feb 2008 at 19:28
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Stray Dog
Akira Kurosawa's "Stray Dog" is a masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of Occupied Tokyo. When rookie detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his pistol stolen from his pocket while on a bus, his frantic attempts to track down the thief lead him to an ...
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