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 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.
Special 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 booklet featuring Kurosawa on Stray Dog; an excerpt from his autobiography, Something Like an Autobiography; and essays by film critics Terrence Rafferty and Chris Fujiwara
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
