Stray Dog (1949) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

When a detective's gun is stolen, he tears apart the underworld to get it back.

Cast & Crew

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Akira Kurosawa

Toshiro Mifune

Murakami--The Detective

Keiko Awaji

Harumi--Yuro'S Girl

Takashi Shimura

Sato--The Head Detective

Ko Kimura

Yuro--The Criminal

Reisaburo Yamamoto

Hondo--The Suspect

Photos & Videos

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Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Since The Boom Years

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Just Give Me A Hint

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Think It Over While You're Smoking

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Excuse

Film Details

Also Known As

El perro rabioso, Nora Inu, Nora-inu, Un Chien enrage

Genre

Suspense/Mystery

Crime

Drama

Film Noir

Foreign

Release Date

1949

Production Company

Shintoho Productions

Distribution Company

Connaissance Du Cinema

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 2m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Synopsis

Murukami, a young homicide detective, has his pocket picked on a bus and loses his pistol. Frantic and ashamed, he dashes about trying to recover the weapon without success until taken under the wing of an older and wiser detective, Sato. Together they track the culprit.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshiro Mifune

Murakami--The Detective

Keiko Awaji

Harumi--Yuro'S Girl

Takashi Shimura

Sato--The Head Detective

Ko Kimura

Yuro--The Criminal

Reisaburo Yamamoto

Hondo--The Suspect

Noriko Sengoku

Crew

Fumio Hayasaka

Ishiro Honda

Assistant Director

Ryuzo Kikushima

Akira Kurosawa

So Matsuyama

Sojiro Motoki

Asakazu Nakai

Cinematographer

Videos

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Just Give Me A Hint The frustration and exhaustion of detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is paplaable, as he pursues the notorious woman pickpocket Ogin (Teruko Kishi) through the sweaty streets of Tokyo seeking his stolen pistol, in Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, 1949.

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Excuse Ending director Akira Kurosawa's opening credits, framed entirely over a tight shot of a panting dog, working from his own unpublished novel, based on a real incident, introducing distraught detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) who's lost his gun, in desolate post-war Tokyo, in Stray Dog, 1949.

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Since The Boom Years Early in the hunt for his stolen gun, detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has recruited Ichikawa (Reikichi Kawamura), who arranges for him to meet the lady pickpocket Ogin (Teruko Kishi), in Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog, 1949.

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Think It Over While You're Smoking Relieved to know he won’t be fired but still determined to recover his stolen gun, detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) meets veteran detective Sato (Takashi Shimura), who has taken over the interrogation of the fence Harumi (Keiko Awaji) in Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog, 1949.

Film Details

Also Known As

El perro rabioso, Nora Inu, Nora-inu, Un Chien enrage

Genre

Suspense/Mystery

Crime

Drama

Film Noir

Foreign

Release Date

1949

Production Company

Shintoho Productions

Distribution Company

Connaissance Du Cinema

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 2m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Theatrical Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

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