Stray Dog(Movie, 1949)

Name: Stray Dog
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1949
Duration: T02:2:00
Rating: 3.7

Original title: "野良犬" (Japanese/JA)

2h 2min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 120 votes)

Stray Dog (野良犬, Nora inu) is a 1949 Japanese film noir crime drama directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. It was Kurosawa's second film of 1949 produced by the Film Art Association and released by Shintoho. It is also considered a detective movie (among the earliest Japanese films in that genre) that explores the mood of Japan during its painful postwar recovery. The film is also considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres, based on its premise of pairing two cops with different personalities and motivations together on a difficult case. ()

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About Stray Dog

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.

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1949 - Stray Dog Trailer(Trailer, 1:39)

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Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Shot in: Japan

Plays in: Tokyo

Made by: Toho Company, Film Art Association, Shintoho Company

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 19 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 10/17/1949

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Minoru Chiaki, Ichirō Sugai, Isao Kimura, Noriko Honma, Noriko Sengoku, Ishirō Honda, Eijirō Tōno, Eiko Miyoshi

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Producer: Sōjirō Motoki

Screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa

Director of Photography: Asakazu Nakai

Composer: Fumio Hayasaka

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Ein herrenloser Hund"

"Chien enragé"

"Cane randagio"

"Nora inu"

"Бездомный пес"

Keywords: detective, tokyo, japan, post war japan, heatwave

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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