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    Stray Dog 1949 POSTER

    Stray Dog

    1949

    Japanese

    7.8

    ♡ 31

    100%

    91%

    Action

    black and white

    Crime

    detective

    Drama

    film noir

    Film-Noir

    gun

    Mystery

    post war japan

    Thriller

    tokyo, japan

    Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Director Kappei Matsumoto Kappei Matsumoto as Bar owner Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Detective Murakami Reikichi Kawamura Reikichi Kawamura as Officer Ichikawa Eijirô Tôno Eijirô Tôno as Old man of wooden tub shop
    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.
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