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Stray Dog (野良犬, Nora inu) is a 1949 Japanese film noir crime drama directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. It was Kurosawa’s second film of 1949 produced by the Film Art Association and released by Shintoho. It is also considered a detective movie (among the earliest Japanese films in that genre) that explores the mood of Japan during its painful postwar recovery. The film is also considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres, based on its premise of pairing two cops with different personalities and motivations together on a difficult case.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima
Produced by Sōjirō Motoki
Starring
Toshiro Mifune as Detective Murakami
Takashi Shimura as Detective Satō
Keiko Awaji as Harumi Namiki
Eiko Miyoshi as Harumi’s mother
Noriko Honma as Wooden Tub Shop woman
Isao Kimura as Yusa
Minoru Chiaki as Girlie Show director
Ichiro Sugai as Yayoi Hotel owner
Gen Shimizu as Police Inspector Nakajima
Reikichi Kawamura as Officer Ichikawa
Noriko Sengoku as Girl
Cinematography Asakazu Nakai
Music by Fumio Hayasaka
Production companies Shintoho Film Art Association
Distributed by Toho
Release date 17 October 1949
Running time 122 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese