Stray Dog

• 7.503 Crime
• 1949-10-17
• 122 minutes mins

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:

Toshirō Mifune (Det. Murakami) Takashi Shimura (Det. Sato) Keiko Awaji (Harumi Namiki) Eiko Miyoshi (Harumi's mother) Noriko Sengoku (Girl) Noriko Honma (Wooden Tub Shop woman) Reikichi Kawamura () Chōko Iida (Kogetsu Hotel manager) Eijirō Tōno () Yasushi Nagata ()

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Writer:

Akira Kurosawa Ryūzō Kikushima