Stray Dog
Original title: Nora inu
“The Suspense Filled Story of 7 Bullets!”
1949 · 2 h 2 min
Akira KurosawaCast
Toshiro Mifune 
Takashi Shimura
Credits
Written by: 
Ryûzô Kikushima
Plot
A detective whose gun was stolen hunts the thief through Tokyo.
Sinekatalog’s take
Akira Kurosawa's police procedural follows a young detective hunting his stolen gun through a sweltering Tokyo. Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura are superb in a taut, atmospheric noir.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (21,285 votes)
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