Stray Dog (1949)

  
Format:  Stray Dog DVD 
 
 
On the streets of postwar Tokyo, a rookie police detective searches for his missing gun. Gritty Akira Kurosawa drama blends American "film noir" stylings with a look at the moral vacuum that formed in Japan following World War II. Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Ko Kimura star. 122 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Japanese mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; documentary. In Japanese with English subtitles.
 
SKU: D85135
$35.99
Regularly $39.99
Category:
Foreign
Director:
Akira Kurosawa
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Closed Captioned:
 No
Cast:  Toshiro Mifune, Keiko Awaji, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Eiko Miyoshi, Eijiro Tono, Gen Shimizu, Noriko Sengoku, Ichiro Sugai, Isao Kimura
 

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