History Film / StrayDog

* RareGuns: A Nambu Type 94 pistol and an extremely rare Hamada pistol are shown held by some characters.

* NiceHat: Murakami's flat cap and Sato's fedora.

* NotSoDifferent: A major theme of the movie is the many similarities between Murakami and Yusa. Both were soldiers returning after Japan's surrender, both were robbed of their packs on the way home from the war, both became angry at how postwar Japan treated its veterans. But Murakami went one way and joined the police force, while Yusa went the other way, into a life of crime. This is emphasized in the final shot with the two characters, when they both collapse gasping for air after Murakami finally puts the cuffs on Yusa.

* NotSoDifferent: A major theme of the movie is the many similarities between Murakami and Yusa. Both are veterans of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, both were robbed of their packs on the way home from the war, both became angry at how postwar Japan treated its veterans. But Murakami went one way and joined the police force, while Yusa went the other way, into a life of crime. This is emphasized in the final shot with the two characters, when they both collapse gasping for air after Murakami finally puts the cuffs on Yusa.

* HeroicBSOD: Murakami gets this when Sato is shot by Yusa.

''Stray Dog'' (''Nora Inu'') is an Creator/AkiraKurosawa film from 1949, starring Creator/ToshiroMifune. It tells the story of rookie homicide detective Murakami as he searches for his stolen pistol. He's helped in his search by Sato, a more experienced detective, but he's also wracked by guilt because the gun has been used to commit crimes.

* BottomlessMagazines: Averted. Murakami keeps a running tab on how many bullets are left in his gun. In the climactic scene Yusa is down to three bullets. [[spoiler: He wings Murakami, but then shoots wild twice and is left with an empty chamber.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Yusa loves a showgirl named Harumi, and often visits her after her shows. This ends up costing him, as [[spoiler: Harumi tips Murakami to his location once she knows of Yusa's evil deeds]].

* FromBadToWorse: First, Murakami's gun gets stolen. Then, it gets used in a robbery that will likely cost one victim a chance to marry her sweetheart. It soon escalates even further to where Murakami's gun is used to [[spoiler: murder a housewife and even nearly kill Sato]]. This final crime is what pushes Murakami to the brink of his guilt.

* HeroicBSOD: Murakami gets this when [[spoiler: Sato is shot by Yusa]].

* NotSoDifferent: A major theme of the movie is the many similarities between Murakami and Yusa.

* SkywardScream: Yusa lets one out after [[spoiler: Murakami finally catches him]].

'''Stray Dog''' (''Nora Inu'') is an Creator/AkiraKurosawa film from 1949, starring Creator/ToshiroMifune. It tells the story of rookie homicide detective Murakami as he searches for his stolen pistol. He's helped in his search by Sato, a more experienced detective, but he's also wracked by guilt because the gun has been used to commit crimes.

* TheStoic: Sato. That doesn't mean he doesn't care, though.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Yusa is only appears in two scenes (and his face is only seen in one), but his violent actions and the pursuit of him by the police drives the second half of the film

* DoingItForTheArt: The file cabinets in the movie were all filled by cards with information on them despite none of these card ever showing up on camera. The crew invented an entire city's criminal background just for the sake of "realism."

* OldShame: Kurosawa considered this film was "too technical" and that it had "all that technique and not one real thought in it."
* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example, since Creator/ToshiroMifune plays the role of the rookie detective in this film, but is better known for the gruff samurai he played later in his career.

'''Stray Dog''' (''Nora Inu'') is an Creator/AkiraKurosawa film of 1949. It tells the story of rookie homicide detective Murakami as he searches for his stolen pistol. He's helped in his search by Sato, a more experienced detective, but he's also wracked by guilt because the gun has been used to commit crimes.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/ToshiroMifune and Creator/TakashiShimura appeared in a lot of Kurosawa's films.

-->-- '''Detective Sato'''

One of the first films to deal with the “older detective trains younger detective” plot you can see in films like ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' or ''TrainingDay''.

No relation with the [[StrayDog manga]].

* FilmNoir: A rare non-American or European example

* HeyItsThatGuy: Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura appeared in a lot of Kurosawa's films.

* OldCopYoungCop: One of the earliest examples
* OldShame: Kurosawa considered this film was “too technical” and that it had “all that technique and not one real thought in it”.
* PlayingAgainstType: A retroactive example, since ToshiroMifune plays the role of the rookie detective in this film but is better known for the gruff samurai he played later in his career.
* TheStoic: Sato. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t care, though.

One of the first films to deal with the “older detective trains younger detective” plot you can see in films like ''{{Se7en}}'' or ''TrainingDay''.

'''Stray Dog''' (''Nora Inu'') is an Creator/AkiraKurosawa film of 1949. It tells the story of rookie homicide detective Murakami as he searches for his stolen pistol. He’s helped by detective Sato, a more experienced detective, in his search. Murakami, however, constantly feels guilty because the gun has been used to commit crimes.

'''Stray Dog''' (''Nora Inu'') is an Creator/AkiraKurosawa film of 1949. It tells the story of rookie homicide detective Murakami looking for his gun, that was stolen from him on a bus. He’s helped by detective Sato, a more experienced detective, in his search. Murakami, however, constantly feels guilty because the gun has been used to commit crimes.

* OldCopYoungCop: Made decades before ''FortApacheTheBronx'', ''LethalWeapon'', or ''{{Se7en}}'', mind you.

No relation with the [[StrayDog anime]].

* HeatWave: There's one through all the film, pictured by having everyone using fans all the time.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Let’s just say Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura have appeared in a lot of films of Kurosawa.

* OldCopYoungCop: Made before ''{{Se7en}}'', mind you.

* PlayingAgainstType: ToshiroMifune, known for playing gruff samurai, plays the role of the rookie detective in this film.
** Though the "gruff samurai" roles came ''after'' this movie.
* TheStoic: Sato. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t care, though.

'''Stray Dog''' (''Nora Inu'') is an AkiraKurosawa film of 1949. It tells the story of rookie homicide detective Murakami looking for his gun, that was stolen from him on a bus. He’s helped by detective Sato, a more experienced detective, in his search. Murakami, however, constantly feels guilty because the gun has been used to commit crimes.

* SomersetAndMills: Made before ''{{Se7en}}'', mind you.