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Stray Dog (film)
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| Stray Dog 野良犬 |
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| Directed by | Akira Kurosawa |
| Produced by | Sojiro Motoki |
| Written by | Akira Kurosawa Ryuzo Kikushima |
| Starring | Toshirō Mifune Takashi Shimura |
| Music by | Fumio Hayasaka |
| Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai |
| Editing by | Toshio Goto Yoshi Sugihara |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Release date(s) |  Oct 17, 1949 |
| Running time | 122 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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- For the 1991 film by Mamoru Oshii, see Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops.
Stray Dog (野良犬 Nora inu?) is a 1949 film noir police procedural directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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Rookie homicide detective Murakami (Toshirō Mifune) frantically seeks his stolen Colt pistol , which to his intense shame had been pickpocketed on a bus. The manhunt soon gains focus when the first victim is found and an older and wiser detective, Sato (Takashi Shimura) takes Murakami under his wing. The action throughout takes place during a brutal heatwave in a still partially bombed-out post-war Tokyo.
Quote: "A stray dog sees only what it chases." --Detective Sato
"Stray Dog is, I think, Kurosawa’s first masterpiece. And that’s the excitement you feel when you watch the movie today: it’s the thrill of seeing a great filmmaker come of age." --Terrence Rafferty
The film was twice remade as Nora Inu (1973) and Too Much Sleep (1997).
At the 1950 Mainichi Film Concours it won awards for Best Actor (Takashi Shimura), Best Film Score (Fumio Hayasaka), Best Cinematography (Asakazu Nakai) and Best Art Direction (So Matsuyama).
- Toshirô Mifune as Det. Murakami
- Takashi Shimura as Det. Sato
- Keiko Awaji as Harumi Namiki, showgirl
- Eiko Miyoshi as Harumi's mother
- Fumiko Honma as Wooden Tub Shop woman
- Isao Kimura as Yusa
- Minoru Chiaki as Girlie Show director
- Ichirô Sugai as Yayoi Hotel owner
- Gen Shimizu as Police Inspector Nakajima
- Noriko Sengoku
- Teruko Kishi
- Eijirô Tono
black-and-white - 4:3 - 35 mm - Mono
- Stray Dog at the Internet Movie Database
- Criterion Collection essay by Terrence Rafferty
- Criterion Collection essay by Chris Fujiwara
- Dvd review by Gary Morris
- 野良犬 (Nora inu) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-13.
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