Stray Dog (1949)
Nora inu
The Suspense Filled Story of 7 Bullets!
122 min
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.
- Release date
- October 17, 1949
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $47,005
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Cast
- Toshirō Mifune as Detective Murakami
- Takashi Shimura as Chief Detective Satô
- Keiko Awaji as Harumi Namiki
- Eiko Miyoshi as Madame Namiki
- Noriko Sengoku as Gun Trader's Mistress
- Noriko Honma as Woman of Wooden Tub Shop
- Reikichi Kawamura as Officer Ichikawa
- Chōko Iida as Kogetsu Hotel manager
- Eijirō Tōno as Old Man of Wooden Tub Shop
- Yasushi Nagata as Investigation Chief Abe
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Isao Kimura as Shinjirô Yusa
- Teruko Kishi
- Minoru Chiaki as Girlie Show director
- Ichirō Sugai as Yayoi Hotel owner
- Gen Shimizu as Police Inspector Nakajima
- Kan Yanagiya as Police Officer
- Reizaburō Yamamoto as Hondo
- Hajime Izu as Criminal Identification Officer
- Masao Shimizu as Nakamura
- Kokuten Kōdō as Old Landlord
- Yūnosuke Itō as Bluebird Theatre manager
- Akira Ubukata as Police Doctor
- Shiro Mizutani as Punk
- Kazuko Motohashi as Sato's wife
- Haruko Tôgô as Azuma Hotel madame
- Haruko Toda
Crew
- Akira Kurosawa · Director
- Ryûzô Kikushima · Writer
- Akira Kurosawa · Writer
- Sōjirō Motoki · Producer
- Fumio Hayasaka · Composer
- Asakazu Nakai · Cinematographer
- Toshio Gotô · Editor
- Yoshi Sugihara · Editor
- Takashi Matsuyama · Production designer