Stray Dog

About Stray Dog

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.

Stray Dog is a 1949 crime mystery film directed by Akira Kurosawa. At 122 minutes long, it arrived in October 1949.

Toshirō Mifune takes the lead as Det. Murakami, Takashi Shimura as Det. Sato, Keiko Awaji as Harumi Namiki, and Eiko Miyoshi as Harumi's mother. Written by Akira Kurosawa and Ryuzo Kikushima.

Shelv files it under film noir, gun, post war japan, and heatwave. American members can watch it on Criterion Channel and fuboTV.

The Maltese Falcon, Godzilla, and Shadow of a Doubt make useful companions to Stray Dog, all filed under black and white and detective. It scores 7.6 out of 10 from 384 TMDB voters.