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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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two of a kind
Classic Japanese hard boiled noir. Detective has his colt stolen on bus and ball gets rolling to almost philosophical ends. By the way, when I saw its cover on ... read more »
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Classic Kurosawa
Loved this film. Kurosawa makes great use of the weather to build up a claustrophobic, sticky, atmospheric story of a rookie detective's shame when his gun ... read more »
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Fascinating view of Japan right after the war
What makes this film so fascinating is that Japan after the war is very western in so many ways, yet also oddly alien too. Great performances.
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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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