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Stray Dog (1949)

Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Crime | Film Noir | Mystery

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Overview

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.

Length 122 minutes

Actors

Toshirō Mifune | Takashi Shimura | Keiko Awaji | Eiko Miyoshi | Noriko Sengoku | Noriko Honma | Reikichi Kawamura | Chôko Iida | Eijirô Tôno | Yasushi Nagata | Kappei Matsumoto | Isao Kimura | Teruko Kishi | Minoru Chiaki | Ichirô Sugai | Gen Shimizu | Kan Yanagiya | Reisaburô Yamamoto | Hajime Izu | Masao Shimizu | Kokuten Kôdô | Yūnosuke Itō | Akira Ubukata | Fujio Nagahama | Ko Ubukata | Shiro Mizutani | Eizo Tanaka | Kazuko Motohashi | Haruko Tôgô | Haruko Toda | Haruko Toyama | Mie Asô | Rikie Sanjô | Ishirô Honda

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