Post Description

Japan
Film-Noir / Thriller
122 minuten

geregisseerd door Akira Kurosawa
met Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura en Keiko Awaji

Een politie-agent raakt zijn pistool kwijt en gaat op onderzoek uit. Hij raakt langzaamaan geobsedeerd door z'n zoektocht, vooral als hij tot de ontdekking komt dat er moorden worden gepleegd met zijn eigen pistool.
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Criterion Collection # 233

DVD Release Date: May 25, 2004


Director: Akira Kurosawa

Description:
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 Takashi 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.

READ:
Stray Dog: Kurosawa Comes of Age
by Terrence Rafferty
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.46 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 122 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 | Non-Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Japanese

Subtitles: optional English



DISC FEATURES:

# New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.
# Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa.
# Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, a 32-minute documentary on the making of Stray Dog.
# A printed booklet featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and an excerpt from Kurosawa's autobiography, Something Like an Autobiography, in which he discusses the production of Stray Dog.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.
# Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.


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