Stray Dog

1949 · 122 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 19,714 VOTES · DIR. Akira Kurosawa

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 987 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:20 TOHO CO., LTD.
00:05:33 Lt. Nakajima.
00:08:51 I'll manage.
00:14:37 Not until you talk.
00:27:09 No, this racket.
00:33:39 Get it together, man. Hurry up and take me in already.
00:38:13 Are you gonna let it destroy you?
00:42:13 - Dunno. - It's Kimura, right?
00:45:00 although the consequences for the victims are severe.
00:49:23 How many people we got here?
00:57:05 He was planning his revenge.
01:00:16 I remember. It must have been the day he left.
01:04:17 - Pockets full too? - Yeah, new clothes.
01:09:52 Friends?
01:13:21 Murakami from HQ.
01:16:17 I could have pulled off a robbery back then.
01:21:12 But now that I'm back
01:27:13 the most stubborn.
01:31:39 Phone downstairs? I'll call you.
01:36:35 A week later he brought it to me backstage.
01:40:19 You had a customer two nights ago.
01:44:20 What? That's right.
01:51:09 No. He's got three bullets left.
40:00:00 to run through it pretty fast.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed987
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line40:00:00

Production Record

DirectorAkira Kurosawa
LanguageJapanese
Revenue$47,005
IMDb votes19,714