Stray Dog ( Nora inu )

Stray Dog (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Nora inu
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
122 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1949 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Akira Kurosawa

Written By:
Akira Kurosawa
Ryuzo Kikushima

Actors:
Toshirô Mifune ..... Det. Murakami
Takashi Shimura ..... Det. Sato
Keiko Awaji ..... Harumi Namaki, showgirl
Eiko Miyoshi ..... Harumi's mother
Noriko Sengoku ..... Girl
Fumiko Honma ..... Wooden Tub Shop woman
Reikichi Kawamura ..... Yusa
Eijirô Tono ..... Girlie Show director
Yasushi Nagata ..... Yayoi Hotel owner
Katsuhei Matsumoto ..... Police Inspector Nakajima
Isao Kimura
Minoru Chiaki
Teruko Kishi
Ichirô Sugai
Gen Shimizu

Synopsis:

Akira Kurosawa directs the black-and-white 1949 film noir Nora Inu (released in the U.S. in 1963 as Stray Dog). In his third film with Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune plays young police detective Murakami. One summer day on a crowded bus in Tokyo, his gun is stolen by a pickpocket. Rather than face the shame of reporting his gun missing, he chooses to go out and find it himself (there were not many weapons on the streets of Tokyo immediately following WWII). While trying to locate the gun, he discovers an entire criminal underworld. He is eventually helped on his journey by superior officer Sato (Takashi Shimura), who seems to suggest that the young detective is indulging in his own criminal desires. The search becomes even more desperate when Murakami finds out that his gun has been used in several crimes, including murder. He then develops an obsession with finding both the gun and the killer.

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