| Description |
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
25 films by Akira Kurosawa
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Fumiko Honma, Isao Kimura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Reikichi Kawamura. |
| Credits |
Cinematographer, Nakai Asakazu ; music, Fumio Hayasaka ; production design, Takashi Matsuyama ; editor, Toshi Goto. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1949. |
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Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa. |
| Summary |
When a pickpocket steals a rookie detective's gun on a hot, crowded bus, the cop goes undercover in a desperate attempt to right the wrong. Kurosawa's thrilling noir probes the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue with optional subtitles in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Detective and mystery plays -- Japan.
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Pickpockets -- Japan -- Drama.
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Thieves -- Japan -- Drama.
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Criminals -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945- -- Drama.
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Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- 1945- -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films -- Japan.
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Police films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Gangster films.
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Film noir.
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Foreign language films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Screenwriter. Director.
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Motoki, Sōjirō. Producer.
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Kikushima, Ryūzō, 1914-1989. Screenwriter.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. Actor.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. Actor.
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Miyoshi, Eiko. Actor.
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Sengoku, Noriko. Actor.
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Awaji, Keiko, 1933-2014. Actor.
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Honma, Fumiko, 1910- Actor.
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Kimura, Isao, 1923-1981. Actor.
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Yamamoto, Reizaburo. Actor.
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Nakai, Asakazu, 1901-1988. Cinematographer.
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Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955. Composer.
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Janus Films.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Eiga Geijusu Kyōkai.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Note |
Stray dog |
| Added Title |
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
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| Standard No. |
715515052016 |
| Music No. |
AK100D8 Criterion Collection |
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CC1858D Criterion Collection (set) |
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