"Homeless Dog" ( Jap. 野 良 犬 Nora inu ) ( English Stray Dog ) - Akira Kurosawa's 1949 film . It has a number of signs of film noir .
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| Genre | drama film noir |
| Producer | Akira Kurosawa |
| Producer | Sojiro Motoki |
| Author script | Akira Kurosawa Ryuzo Kikushima |
| In the main cast | Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura Keiko Awaji |
| Operator | Asakazu nakai |
| Composer | Fumio Hayasaka |
| Film company | Toho |
| Duration | 122 min |
| A country |  Japan |
| Tongue | Japanese |
| Year | 1949 |
| IMDb | ID 0041699 |
The film is in the public domain in Japan (according to Japanese law, copyright expires 50 years after publication or creation, if the work was not published within 50 years after creation). Outside Japan, rights are controlled by Toho International.
Content
Story
The experienced detective of the Tokyo police Sato ( Takashi Shimura ) is assigned to a young intern Murakami ( Toshiro Mifune ). At one of the first assignments, the trainee is stolen by a service weapon.
While Murakami is searching, a stolen gun becomes a murder weapon. In desperation, Murakami decides to take extreme measures - disguised as a demobilized military, he, depicting an extreme need, comes in contact with arms dealers. So he manages to find the trail of a thief and a murderer. In the final chase, the thief wounds Sato, but Murakami manages to grab the criminal.
As the story progresses, the similarity of the fate of the criminal and the policeman who persecutes him becomes apparent, which underlines the difference in their characters.
Roles performed
- Toshiro Mifune - Detective Murakami
- Takashi Shimura - Detective Sato
- Keiko Awaji - Harumi Namiki
- Isao Kimura - Yusa, the criminal
- Eiko Miyoshi - mother Harumi
- Reisaburo Yamamoto - Hondo
- Geng Shimizu - Inspector Nakajima
- Noriko Sengoku - a girl selling weapons
- Eijiro Tono - father of a cooper
Awards
In 1950, the film received four Maini Awards: the best actor (Takashi Shimura, also for the film Quiet Duel ), the best cinematography (Asakazu Nakai), the best music for the film (Fumio Hayasaka) and the best work of the artist (Takashi Matsuyama ) [1] .
Notes
- Май Winners of the Mainich Prize for the works of 1949 (Japanese)
Links
- "Homeless Dog" (English) on the Internet Movie Database
- Homeless dog (English) on the site allmovie