Directed by | Akira
Kurosawa
Produced by | Sojiro
Motoki
Written by | Akira
Kurosawa
Ryuzo Kikushima
Starring | Toshirō Mifune
Takashi Shimura
Music by | Fumio
Hayasaka
Cinematography | Asakazu Nakai
Editing by | Toshio
Goto
Yoshi Sugihara
Distributed by | Toho
Release date(s) |
Oct 17,
1949
Running time | 122 min
Country | Japan
Language | Japanese
For the 1991 film by Mamoru Oshii, see Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer
Cops.
Stray Dog (野良犬, Nora
inu?) is a 1949 film noir
police procedural directed by
Akira Kurosawa.
Plot
Rookie homicide detective Murakami (Toshirō Mifune) frantically seeks his
stolen Colt pistol, which to his intense shame has been
pickpocketed on a bus. The manhunt soon gains focus when a first
victim is found and an older and wiser detective, Sato (Takashi Shimura), takes Murakami under
his wing. The action throughout takes place during a brutal
heatwave in a still partially bombed-out post-war Tokyo.
Quote: "A stray dog sees only what it
chases." --Detective Sato
Commentary
"Stray Dog is, I think, Kurosawa’s first masterpiece.
And that’s the excitement you feel when you watch the movie today:
it’s the thrill of seeing a great filmmaker come of age."
--Terrence Rafferty
Influence
The film was twice remade as Nora Inu (1973) and
Too Much Sleep
(1997).
Awards
At the 1950 Mainichi Film
Concours it won awards for Best Actor (Takashi Shimura), Best
Film Score (Fumio Hayasaka), Best Cinematography (Asakazu Nakai)
and Best Art Direction (So
Matsuyama).
Partial cast
* Toshirô Mifune as Det. Murakami
* Takashi Shimura as Det. Sato
* Keiko Awaji as Harumi Namiki,
showgirl
* Eiko Miyoshi as Harumi's
mother
* Fumiko Honma as Wooden Tub Shop
woman
* Isao Kimura as Yusa
* Minoru Chiaki as Girlie Show
director
* Ichirô Sugai as Yayoi Hotel
owner
* Gen Shimizu as Police Inspector
Nakajima
* Noriko Sengoku
* Teruko Kishi
* Eijirô Tono
Technical information
black-and-white - 4:3 - 35 mm - Mono
Films
directed by Akira Kurosawa
1940s|
Sanshiro Sugata ·
The Most Beautiful ·
Sanshiro Sugata Part
II · The Men Who Tread on
the Tiger's Tail · Those Who Make Tomorrow ·
No Regrets for Our
Youth · One
Wonderful Sunday · Drunken
Angel · The Quiet
Duel · Stray
Dog
1950s|
Scandal ·
Rashomon ·
The Idiot ·
Ikiru · Seven Samurai · I Live in Fear · Throne of Blood · The Lower Depths ·
The Hidden
Fortress
1960s|
The Bad Sleep
Well · Yojimbo · Sanjuro · High and Low · Red Beard
1970s|
Dodesukaden ·
Dersu
Uzala
1980s|
Kagemusha · Ran
1990s|
Dreams ·
Rhapsody in August ·
Madadayo
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modified: 2007-12-14 20:33:32
