Limited Edition version.

Akira Kurosawas Stray Dog (1949) is a gripping postwar Japanese crime thriller that follows a young detective (Toshiro Mifune) desperate to recover his stolen pistol in the sweltering Tokyo heat. Blending film noir atmosphere with social realism, Kurosawa crafts an early masterpiece of moral tension and redemption amid the ruins of a defeated Japan a cornerstone of World Cinema and Japanese crime storytelling.

A masterful mix of film noir and police thriller set on the sweltering mean streets of occupied Tokyo.

When rookie detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his pistol stolen from his pocket while on a bus, his frantic attempts to track down the thief lead him to an illegal weapons market in the Tokyo underworld. But the gun has already passed from the pickpocket to a young gangster, and Murakamis gun is identified as the weapon in the shooting of a woman.

Murakami, overwhelmed with remorse, turns for help to his older and more experienced senior, Sato (a superb performance by Takashi Shimura). The race is on to find the shooter before he can strike again…

Från IMDB:
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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Version: : Blu-Ray Limited Edition (import) Limited Edition

Språk : Japanese

EAN : 5035673015285

Distributor : British Film Institute

Inspelningsår : 1949

Regissör : Akira Kurosawa

imdb-rating : 7.8

Längd : 2h 2m

Cast : Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji