| Description |
1 DVD (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion Collection ; 233 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 233.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Credits: director, Akira Kurosawa; screenplay, Akira Kurosawa, Ryūzō Kikushima; photography, Asaichi Nakai; film editor, Toshiro Goto; music, Fumio Hayasaka. |
| Cast |
Cast: Toshirō Mifune (Detective Murakami), Takashi Shimura (Chief Detective Sato), Ko Kimura (Shinjuro "Yuro" Yusa), Keiko Awaji (Harumi Namaki). |
| 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. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Feature films.
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Film noir -- Japan.
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Motion pictures -- Japan.
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Criminals -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989.
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Kimura, Kō, 1964-2003.
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Awaji, Keiko, 1933-2014.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
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| Added Title |
Stray dog |
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Nora inu |
| ISBN |
$21.00 |
| Music No. |
233 Criterion collection |
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