'Stray Dog' Director: Akira Kurosawa (1949) BFI Blu-ray | Japanese w/ English subtitles
A masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of occupied Tokyo. Starring Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura.
When rookie detective Murakami has his pistol stolen from his pocket while on a bus, his frantic attempts to track down the thief lead him to an illegal weapons market in the Tokyo underworld. But the gun has already passed from the pickpocket to a young gangster, and Murakami’s gun is identified as the weapon in the shooting of a woman. Murakami, overwhelmed with remorse, turns for help to his older and more experienced senior, Sato. The race is on to find the shooter before he can strike again…
Special features include:
- Newly recorded interview with Japanese film expert Jasper Sharp
- Newly recorded audio commentary by Kenta McGrath
- Akira Kurosawa: It is Wonderful to Create – Stray Dog (2002, 32 mins)
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