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| Category | Foreign Films DVDs, Crime Movies, Classic Videos, Essential Cinema, Detective, Japanese, Police, Criterion Collection, Murder Investigations, Film Noir, Poverty, Guns, Lowlife | | Starring | Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Eijiro Tono, Isao Kimura, Reisaburo Yamamoto | | Director | Akira Kurosawa | | Composer | Fumio Hayasaka | | Screenwriter | Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima |
Akira Kurosawa's film stars Toshiro Mifune as young detective Murakami. A bad day gets worse for Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowde 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. Lots of special features included. In Akira Kurosawa's gritty STRAY DOG, a young police detective named Murakami (Toshirô Mifune) gets his pistol stolen on a crowded bus during the oppressive heat of a late 1940s Tokyo summer. Since guns are scarce at the time, the impulsive Murakami decides to track it down rather than risk losing his position on the force. With the aid of Sato (Takashi Shimura), a laid-back senior officer, Murakami embarks on the determined hunt for the weapon that leads him into the darkest corners of the city's criminal underworld. As his investigation progresses, Murakami discovers that his gun has been used in both a robbery and murder, making his search for the pistol and the criminal even more urgent.
Mifune's third collaboration with Kurosawa, STRAY DOG displays the renowned actor's youthful intensity, a quality that would become more mature and refined in later films such as RASHOMON and SEVEN SAMURAI. Tempering Mifune's brash character is Shimura's wise older cop, an endearing figure from his first moment on the screen. The student/mentor relationship between the two proves crucial to the film, and elevates it above many crime movies of the era. Sporting excellent photography, a swinging soundtrack, and an increasingly perilous story line, STRAY DOG exemplifies a time, place, and genre with startling verve. Stray Dog | List Price | $39.95 (You save $8.70) | | Studio | Criterion Collection | | Orig Year | 1949 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  19840  | | CD Universe Part number | 6712809 | | Catalog number | STR290 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 25, 2004 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Nora Inu | | Running Time | 122 Minutes | | Additional Info | Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Black & White; Subtitled |
Stray Dog DVD Region 1
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Single Side - Dual Layer
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Mono - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Documentary: "Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create" (32:00)
Audio Commentary: Stephen Prince - Author (THE WARRIOR'S CAMERA: THE CINEMA OF AKIRA KUROSAWA)
Additional Products:
Booklet Featuring an Excerpt From Kurosawa's Autobiography and Essays By Film Critics Terrence Rafferty and Chris Fujiwara
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