Stray Dog Blu-ray

Release Year: 1949

Runtime: 122 min

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku

Studios: Film Art Association, Shintoho Company

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.

Special Features:

New 4K digital restoration

with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.

Audio commentary by Stephen Prince

author of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa.

Short documentary on Stray Dog

from the series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, actor Keiko Awaji, and others.

Plus

An essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and an excerpt from Kurosawa’s book Something Like an Autobiography.

Technical Specifications:

• 122 MINUTES
• BLACK & WHITE
• MONAURAL
• IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
• 1.37:1 ASPECT RATIO