Stray Dog

DVD - APPROX. 122 MINS. - 1949 - US Rating: NR

Main feature:

Release May 25, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio Japanese: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English
Studio Criterion/Voyager
Year 1949
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
  • A 32-minute documentary no Stray Dog from the series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, including interviews with Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, actress Keiko Awaji, and others
  • A booklet featuring Kurosawa on Stray Dog; an excerpt from his book Something Like an Autobiography; and essays by film critic Terrence Rafferty

Synopsis:



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 Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takeshi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora Inu) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.

Cast and Crew:

Criterion/Voyager presents
Teruko KishiKatsuhei MatsumotoMasao ShimizuIchiro SugaiToshiro MifuneEiko MiyoshiNoriko SengokuReisaburo YamamotoTakashi ShimuraEijirô TonoKeiko AwajiKaji MeikoMinoru ChiakiReikichi KawamuraFumiko HonmaIsao KimuraItami Juzo"Stray Dog"
Written byRyuzo KikushimaWritten byAkira Kurosawaproduced bySojiro Motogi
directed byAkira Kurosawa
Production Year: 1949

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