Stray Dog
3.8
(61)
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Mystery
1949
122 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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"An early Kurosawa, set in post-war Japan, about a rookie cop (Mifune) desperately searching the Tokyo underworld for his stolen service weapon."
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Ryan
"Man did I love this. It’s amazing when you realize it was made in 1949. This might have been the first real cop procedural. This is a black and white Japanese movie. So I know that may scare some of you off. And it can move slow in parts. But if you want to be absorbed in a movie with great characters and depth of story. The story is a rookie homicide cop has his gun stolen by a pickpocket. Worried about people being hurt by his gun he tries to track his gun down. We follow him through a country impoverished after the war. It’s really engrossing if you are in the mode for depth"
Sean bunker
"It’s alright. Not Kurosawa’s best, but nothing’s going to beat Seven Samurai anyway. Had a difficult time following the plot, but I caught up eventually. Like I said, it’s just alright."
Connor Veenstra
