| Kurosawa Centennial: Stray Dog |
Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre
September 5, 2010
Directed by Akira Kurosawa. Japan. 1949. Running time: 122 min. New 35mm print!
Stray Dog is an early collaboration with Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. Kurosawa and Mifune would go on to make 16 films together before a falling out occurred during the making of Akahige (Red Beard). On an especially hot summer day, a young homicide detective named Murukami (Mifune) has his pistol stolen on a crowded bus. His attempts to find it are unsuccessful until he is teamed up with the older, wiser detective Sato (Shimura). They discover the gun is being used for increasingly dangerous crimes. What appears on the surface to be a traditional film noir becomes an allegory of postwar Japan. Guns are scarce under American control, and the stolen gun becomes an emblem of lost power. The rookie cop soon realizes that both he and the man he is hunting are veterans of the war and actually have much in common. He and the hunted are both stray dogs, separated only by a thin line of morality.
Admission Info
Tickets:
$5-$8
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Dates & Times
Dates: September 5, 2010
Times:
2 pm
Venue Info
227 Bridge Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Parking Info
There is a paid ($1/hour) municipal parking lot behind the theatre. Click here for parking information and directions.
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