Stray Dog (1949)
Nora inu (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 2h 2min
- Crime, Drama
- 31 Aug 1963 (USA)
- Movie
During a sweltering summer, a rookie homicide detective seeks advice from a seasoned colleague while trying to track down his stolen Colt pistol.
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- 4 wins.
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| Toshirô Mifune | ... |
Detective Murakami
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| Takashi Shimura | ... |
Chief Detective Satô
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| Keiko Awaji | ... |
Harumi Namiki
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| Eiko Miyoshi | ... |
Madame Namiki
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| Noriko Sengoku | ... |
Gun Trader's Mistress
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| Noriko Honma | ... |
Woman of Wooden Tub Shop
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Reikichi Kawamura | ... |
Officer Ichikawa
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| Eijirô Tôno | ... |
Old Man of Wooden Tub Shop
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Yasushi Nagata | ... |
Investigation Chief Abe
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Isao Kimura | ... |
Shinjirô Yusa
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Teruko Kishi | ... |
Ogin
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| Minoru Chiaki | ... |
Dance Director
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| Ichirô Sugai | ... |
Yayoi Hotel Owner
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| Gen Shimizu | ... |
Police Inspector Nakajima
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Kan Yanagiya | ... |
Police Officer
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| Reizaburô Yamamoto | ... |
Honda
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Hajime Izu | ... |
Criminal Identification Officer
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| Masao Shimizu | ... |
Nakamura
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| Kokuten Kôdô | ... |
Old Landlord
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| Yûnosuke Itô | ... |
Manager of Bluebird Theatre
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Akira Ubukata | ... |
Police Doctor
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Fujio Nagahama | ... |
Sakura Hotel Manager
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Kô Ubukata | ... |
Page in Pompadour Hair
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Shiro Mizutani | ... |
Punkster
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Eizô Tanaka | ... |
Old Doctor
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Kazuko Motohashi | ... |
Satô's Wife
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Haruko Tôgô | ... |
Azuma Hotel Madame
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Haruko Toyama | ... |
Kintarô
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Mie Asô | ... |
Woman at Pinball Parlor
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Rikie Sanjô | ... |
Wife of Manager
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| Chôko Iida | ... |
Kôgetsu Hotel Manageress
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| Ishirô Honda | ... |
Fleeing Villain
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Kappei Matsumoto | ... |
Bar Owner
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| Haruo Nakajima | ... |
Man in Bar Fight (scenesDeleted)
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Hajime Taniguchi | ... |
Man in Bar Fight (scenesDeleted)
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Directed by
| Akira Kurosawa | ||
Written by
| Ryûzô Kikushima | ... | (writer) |
| Akira Kurosawa | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Akira Kurosawa | ... | associate producer |
| Sôjirô Motoki | ... | producer |
| Senkichi Taniguchi | ... | associate producer |
| Kajirô Yamamoto | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Fumio Hayasaka | ||
Cinematography by
| Asakazu Nakai | ||
Editing by
| Toshio Gotô | ||
| Yoshi Sugihara | ||
Editorial Department
| Toshio Gotô | ... | negative cutter |
Production Design by
| Takashi Matsuyama | ||
Production Management
| Seinosuke Hirai | ... | in charge of production |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ishirô Honda | ... | chief assistant director |
| Zenshu Koizumi | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Yoshirô Muraki | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
| Ichirô Minawa | ... | sound effects editor |
| Fumio Yanoguchi | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Chôshirô Ishii | ... | lighting technician |
| Issei Tanaka | ... | still photographer |
| Kazuo Yamada | ... | assistant camera |
Script and Continuity Department
| Hachiko Toi | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Yoji Ken | ... | choreographer |
| Ishirô Honda | ... | double for Mifune dressed as soldier (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toei Company (1949) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Toho (1963) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2000) (United States) (VHS)
- Cowboy Pictures (2002) (United States) (theatrical)
- Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Bifo Films (1961) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Carlotta Films (2024) (France) (theatrical) (re-release) (4K restoration)
- Janus Films (United States) (theatrical)
- Los Films del Búho (1983) (Spain) (theatrical)
- BFI Video (2002) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Buksfilm (2024) (Poland) (video) (VOD)
- Nihon Eiga Satellite Broadcasting (2007) (Japan) (tv)
- Sandrews (2004) (Sweden) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2009) (United States) (DVD)
- Toho Video (2009) (Japan) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- WOWOW (2012) (Japan) (tv)
- trigon-film (2014) (Austria)
- trigon-film (2014) (Germany)
- trigon-film (2014) (Switzerland)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Toho Studios (sound stages)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Murakami (Toshirô Mifune) is a young and inexperienced detective on the Tokyo police force. While riding a crowded bus on a hot summer day, he discovers that his gun has been stolen out of its holster. Reluctant to lose face by reporting the gun missing, Murakami first dives alone into the depths of postwar Tokyo's poverty-stricken slums and criminal underworld, but when the missing gun is implicated in a crime spree, a more experienced detective (Takashi Shimura) lends his expertise. Written by krmanirethnam |
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| Taglines | Another great detective classic in the tradition of "High and Low" by the same director! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Much of the film was filmed from the slum streets of post war Japan. These were filmed under chief assistant director Ishirô Honda, who had gone with camera operator Kazuo Yamada into some dangerous, even yakuza run, territory. Many of the scenes of Toshirô Mifune's character from the waist down are actually Honda standing in. In his book, Something Like an Autobiography, Akira Kurosawa described Honda's role stating, "I had Honda do mainly second-unit shooting. Everyday I told what I wanted and he would go out into the ruins of postwar Tokyo to film. There are few men as honest and reliable as Honda. He faithfully brought back exactly the footage I requested, so almost everything he shot was used in the final cut of the film. I'm often told that I captured the atmosphere of postwar Japan very well in Stray Dog, and if so I owe a great deal of that success to Honda." See more » |
| Goofs | At one point, there is a man playing a tune on a harmonica that needs two people with harmonicas to play. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Sex & Melodrama (2011). See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Waves of the Danube See more » |
| Quotes |
Police Inspector Nakajima:
Bad luck either makes a man or destroys him. Are you gonna let it destroy you? Depending how you take it, bad luck can be a big break. See more » |