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(aka "Nora Inu" or "Stray Dog")
Japan 1949
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| 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. Starring Toshiro Mifune, as the rookie cop, and Takeshi Shimura, as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog (Nora Inu) goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind through the great Akira Kurosawa. |
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Theatrical Release: October 17th, 1949 - Japan
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| Distribution | Criterion Collection - Spine # 233 - Region 1 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 2:02:28 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.47 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | Japanese (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Edition Details:
• Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author
of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa |
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The 2025 BFI Blu-ray of Stray Dog is compared HERE
I understand from all the other releases of this film available on DVD
that the print must be in very bad shape. I don't think too much has
been done to improve the poor state. There are visible damage marks and
lines through the film. The DVD is dark and hazy at times. Of course,
I'll still wager it is the best image and subtitles for this film
available anywhere, but it is one of the poorer Kurosawa Criterion
releases. Good Extras - commentary and short featurette, but one day
someone will either find a healthier print or technology will help make
an affordable restoration possible. |
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Recommended Reading for Japanese Film Fans (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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The Japan Journals : 1947-2004, by Donald Richie |
The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp |
Kon Ichikawa (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs) by James Quandt, Cinematheque Ontario |
Shohei Imamura (Cinematheque
Ontario Monographs, No. 1) by James Quandt |
Eros Plus Massacre: An
Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema
(Midland Book, Mb 469) by David Desser |
The Films of Akira Kurosawa by Donald Ritchie |
by Yasujiro Ozu, Kogo Noda, Donald Richie, Eric Klestadt |
Ozu by Donald Richie |
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie |
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