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Stray Dog (1949)
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi
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100%Runtime122 min
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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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Directed by Akira Kurosawa, this early neo-noir film set in post-war Tokyo offers a gritty, character-driven exploration of the human condition that aligns with the user's fondness for morally complex narratives and thought-provoking genre deconstructions.
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Stray Dog is a 1949 Japanese crime drama noir film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. It was Kurosawa's second film of 1949 produced by the Film Art Association and released by Shintoho. It is also considered a detective movie that explores the mood of Japan during its painful postwar recovery. The film is also considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres, based on its premise of pairing two cops with different personalities and motivations together on a difficult case.
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