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Set in Tokyo during the late 1940s, the film captures the chaos and humiliation that existed in Japan immediately after World War II. When detective Murakami loses his revolver, he must descend into Tokyo's underworld and face the killer who has taken it.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nora inu.
Corporate Authors: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989, Kimura, Ko, Awaji, Keiko, 1933-2014, Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Japan] : [United States] : Toho International Co. ; The Criterion Collection, [2004]
Edition:RSDL dual-layer ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 233.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Criminals > Japan > Drama.
Japan > Social conditions > 1945- > Drama.
Foreign films.
Police films.
Film noir.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Set in Tokyo during the late 1940s, the film captures the chaos and humiliation that existed in Japan immediately after World War II. When detective Murakami loses his revolver, he must descend into Tokyo's underworld and face the killer who has taken it.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
A foreign film (Japan).
New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special features: Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The warrior's camera : the cinema of Akira Kurosawa -- A 32-minute documentary on Stray dog from the series Akira Kurosawa : it is wonderful to create, including interviews with Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, actress Keiko Awaji, and others -- New and improved English subtitle translation -- A 16-page booklet featuring Akira Kurosawa on Stray dog, from his book Something like and authobiography and an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Production Credits:Director, Akira Kurosawa ; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima ; photography, Asakazu Nakai ; editors, Toshiro Goto, Yoshi Sugihara ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.