Stray Dog
1949 · Movie · Not Rated · 122 min · ★ 7.6 · 90% critics
A detective’s gun is stolen on a crowded bus, and a bad day turns into an all-consuming search through Tokyo’s sweltering streets. Going undercover to make things right, he tracks leads while the investigation pulls him closer to the people he’s hunting, examining guilt, desperation, and moral lines that blur.
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Details
- Original title
- 野良犬
- Years
- 1949
- Release date
- 1949-10-17
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (356 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this noir-tinged detective story if you want an intense heat-wave chase through post-war Tokyo and a tense search that grows personal; Not for you if you get bored by slow pacing like High and Low or The Bad Sleep Well.
Pros: relentless heat atmosphere; strong detective tension; memorable set pieces | Cons: slow pacing at times; long, talk-heavy stretches; suspense may fall flat
Themes
- gun
- detective
- film noir
- tokyo, japan
- black and white
- post war japan
- heatwave
Cast & crew
Toshirō Mifune
as Det. Murakami
Takashi Shimura
as Det. Sato
Keiko Awaji
as Harumi Namiki
Eiko Miyoshi
as Harumi's mother
Noriko Sengoku
as Girl
Noriko Honma
as Wooden Tub Shop woman
Reikichi Kawamura
Chōko Iida
as Kogetsu Hotel manager
Eijirō Tōno
- YN
Yasushi Nagata
Directed by Akira Kurosawa