# Stray Dog (1949)

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**Original title**: *野良犬*
**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
**Directed by**: Akira Kurosawa
**Written by**: Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
**Starring**: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Noriko Honma

> *The Suspense Filled Story of 7 Bullets!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Late afternoon heat, the bus sway. A wallet’s lift, a pistol’s heft gone.

Murakami’s badge tightens like a noose as the city’s back alleys yawn with the thief’s shadow.

Kurosawa turns a revolver into a mirror.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, paranoid, raw, slow-burn

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