Criterion/Voyager (Oct 17, 1949)
Crime | Thriller
Japan | Japanese | Color | 02:02
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.
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Toshirô Mifune | Detective Murakami |
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Takashi Shimura | Chief Detective Satô |
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Keiko Awaji | Harumi Namiki |
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Eiko Miyoshi | Madame Namiki |
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Noriko Sengoku | Gun Trader's Mistress |
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Noriko Honma | Woman of Wooden Tub Shop |
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Reikichi Kawamura | Officer Ichikawa |
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Eijiro Tono | Old Man of Wooden Tub Shop |
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Yasushi Nagata | Investigation Chief Abe |
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Isao Kimura | Shinjirô Yusa |
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Teruko Kishi | Ogin |
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Minoru Chiaki | Dance Director |
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Ichirô Sugai | Yayoi Hotel Owner |
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Gen Shimizu | Police Inspector Nakajima |
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Kan Yanagiya | Police Officer |
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Reizaburo Yamamoto | Honda |
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Hajime Izu | Criminal Identification Officer |
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Masao Shimizu | Nakamura |
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Kokuten Kodo | Old Landlord |
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Yunosuke Ito | Manager of Bluebird Theatre |
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Akira UBUKATA | Police Doctor |
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Fujio Nagahama | Sakura Hotel Manager |
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Ko Ubukata | Page in Pompadour Hair |
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Shiro Mizutani | Punkster |
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Eizô Tanaka | Old Doctor |
| Director | Akira Kurosawa |
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| Writer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa | |
| Producer | Akira Kurosawa, Sojiro Motoki, Senkichi Taniguchi, Kajiro Yamamoto | |
| Musician | Fumio Hayasaka | |
| Photography | Asakazu Nakai | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Mono [English] |
| Subtitles | English |
| Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 25, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |