Stray Dog (1949) - (Movie Clip) Think It Over While You're Smoking

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Have No Excuse

Ending director Akira Kurosawa's opening credits, framed entirely over a tight shot of a panting dog, working from his own unpublished novel, based on a real incident, introducing distraught detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) who's lost his gun, in desolate post-war Tokyo, in Stray Dog, 1949.

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Just Give Me A Hint

The frustration and exhaustion of detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is paplaable, as he pursues the notorious woman pickpocket Ogin (Teruko Kishi) through the sweaty streets of Tokyo seeking his stolen pistol, in Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog, 1949.

Stray Dog (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Since The Boom Years

Early in the hunt for his stolen gun, detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has recruited Ichikawa (Reikichi Kawamura), who arranges for him to meet the lady pickpocket Ogin (Teruko Kishi), in Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog, 1949.