STRAY DOG (THE CRITERION COLLECTION)

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal's lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side. Starring Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takeshi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora inu) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.
• Cast: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Noriko Honma, Yasushi Nagata, Kappei Matsumoto, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki, Ichirô Sugai, Gen Shimizu, Hiroshi Yanagiya, Hajime Izu, Masao Shimizu, Kokuten Kôdô, Yûnosuke Itô, Akira Ubukata, Fujio Nagahama, Isao Ikukaka, Shiro Mizutani, Eizo Tanaka, Kazuko Ihonbashi, Haruko Tôgô, Haruko Toyama, Mie Asô, Rikie Sanjô, Chôko Iida, Ishirô Honda, Haruo Nakajima, Hajime Taniguchi, Reisaburô Yamamoto, Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
• Director: Akira Kurosawa
• Runtime: 2:02
• Company: Toho Co., Ltd.
• Media Format: Movie