Stray Dog
Akira Kurosawa / JP, 1949 / 122 min.
The film that marks Akira Kurosawa finding his own style. Toshiro Mifune plays young police detective Murakami, whose service pistol is stolen by a criminal. Murakami delves into Tokyo’s underworld, and finds out that the thief is not so very different from him.
One boiling hot day, young detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune), a rookie in the employ of Tokyo’s police service, boards an overcrowded bus. Shortly afterwards, he realises that his service pistol has been stolen. He decides to go after the potential thief himself; but he has to hurry, as the gun has already been used to commit a murder. He turns for assistance to wise, experienced officer Sato (Takashi Simura).
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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Production year
1949
Country
JP
Original title
Nora inu
Length
122 min.
Language
Japanese
Subtitles
ENG
Format
35mm
Part of
Akira Kurosawa
After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers, Akira Kurosawa, to the big screen again, some in digitally restored versions. In his films, Kurosawa blends Japanese history and culture with literary and cinematic influences from the West.
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