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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. Starring Toshiro Mifune as the rookie cop and Takashi Shimura as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora inu) goes beyond crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.
Original Release
10/17/1949
US Release
08/31/1963
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Toshirô Mifune | Det. Murakami / Detective Murakami |
Takashi Shimura | Det. Sato / Chief Detective Sato |
Keiko Awaji | Harumi Namiki / Harumi Namaki |
Eiko Miyoshi | Harumi's mother / Madame Namiki |
Noriko Sengoku | Girl / Ogin |
Noriko Honma | Wooden Tub Shop woman |
Reikichi Kawamura | Officer Ichikawa |
Eijirô Tôno | |
Yasushi Nagata | Investigation Chief Abe |
Isao Kimura | Yusa / Shinjiro Yusa |
Directors
Writers
Akira Kurosawa, Ryûzô Kikushima
Cast
Name | Character |
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Toshirô Mifune | Det. Murakami / Detective Murakami |
Takashi Shimura | Det. Sato / Chief Detective Sato |
Keiko Awaji | Harumi Namiki / Harumi Namaki |
Eiko Miyoshi | Harumi's mother / Madame Namiki |
Noriko Sengoku | Girl / Ogin |
Noriko Honma | Wooden Tub Shop woman |
Reikichi Kawamura | Officer Ichikawa |
Eijirô Tôno | |
Yasushi Nagata | Investigation Chief Abe |
Isao Kimura | Yusa / Shinjiro Yusa |
Teruko Kishi | Ogin |
Minoru Chiaki | Girlie Show director / Dance Director |
Ichirô Sugai | |
Gen Shimizu | Police Inspector Nakajima |
Kan Yanagiya | Police Officer |
Reizaburô Yamamoto | Hondo / Honda |
Hajime Izu | Criminal Identification Officer |
Masao Shimizu | Nakamura |
Kokuten Kôdô | Old Landlord |
Yunosuke Ito | Bluebird Theatre manager / Manager of Bluebird Theatre |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Akira Kurosawa | Producer |
Sôjirô Motoki | Producer |
Senkichi Taniguchi | Producer |
Kajirô Yamamoto | Producer |