"Toho Company Ltd." "A Shintoho Production" "STRAY DOG" "Scenario by Akira Kurosawa and Ryuzo Kikushima" "Photography by Asaichi Nakai" "Music by Fumio Hayasaka" "Toshiro Mifune Takashi Shimura" "Keiko Awaji, Eiko Moyoshi, Noriko Sengoku" "Noriko Homma, Reikichi Kawamura, Choko Iida" "Eijiro Tono, Kiyoshi Nagata, Katsuhei Matsumoto" "Isao Kimura, Teruko Kishi, Minoru Chiaki" "Directed by Akira Kurosawa" "One stifling day..." " Your pistol has been stolen?" " Yes." "I'm sorry, sir." "FIRST INVESTIGATION SECTION" "Detective Murakami's pistol has been stolen." " How many rounds were in it?" " All seven, sir." "A Colt?" "A Colt pistol was stolen when he was off duty." " What did you score?" " Nil." "I was on duty last night." " No hits?" " I hit the stump behind the target." "You'd better go straight to bed." "Everything's blurred." "Murakami was very tired." "The heat was oppressive." "He felt he would suffocate on the bus." "A baby was crying." "The cheap perfume of the woman next to him was nauseating." "I'm ready for punishment, sir." "Don't talk like that." "This isn't the army." "What should I do, sir?" "Don't just wait for something to happen." "Go and see the officer who deals with pickpockets." "THIRD INVESTIGATION SECTION" "Bad luck, wasn't it?" "Do you think you'll be dismissed?" "I think so." " Who is your chief?" " Inspector Nakajima." "He looks very fierce, doesn't he?" "All the same, his bark is worse than his bite." "He won't dismiss you." "Sit down." "Would you recognize the pickpocket?" "Let's look at the identification photos on the record cards." "His record might be in the section "Public Conveyance Pickpocket"" "Anything else?" "All you need will be on the cards." "Your chief's all right, really." "He 'phoned and asked me to help you." " What's wrong?" " The pickpocket isn't here." "They don't always work alone." "Sometimes they pass things to an accomplice." "Can you remember anyone else on the bus?" "A middle-aged woman, in a dress." "Where was she?" "On my right side, where I had my pistol." "I'd suspect her." "Women can be the most skilful." "Get the women's cards." "All familiar faces." "This train pickpocket died recently." "I've found her." "I'm sure it's her." "She wore a dress?" "That's strange." "Ogin's famous for her kimono." "She works the city centre." "It's her." "She had a permanent wave." "Ogin?" "Times do change." "Get her full record." "Don't bother." "I even know how many moles she has." "But her speciality is cash." "Why did she take a pistol?" "Down on her luck." " Where is she?" " I know where, but she won't confess." "I'll manage her." "Anyway, take me." "The old man's in bed; sunstroke." "He's seventy-eight." " Will she come?" " Ogin?" "She comes here once a day." "They're loyal in little ways." "She was a regular here when this place made money." " A report about a pistol thief." " Does that surprise a Homicide man?" "No, but if it's my gun..." "Well, stranger." "Officer Ichikawa?" "I thought you were dead." "How flattering." "Still, it's nicer than I expected." "What is?" "Your dress." "He told me about it and I longed to see you again." "You know him, don't you?" "No, I haven't time for young men at my age." "You're as slippery as ever" "Enough compliments." "What have I done?" "What were you up to on that bus?" "Return my pistol and I'll forget about it all." "Stop mucking about." "Just give it back." "Where is it?" "Please tell me." "Help him." "He's new to all this." "Don't ruin his promising career." "I'll sue!" "I know my civil rights." " You do know fancy words." " I know even more." "I can't manage her." "I will." "I'll stick to her until she confesses." "Thank you." "Beware of alleys and back doors." " Stop following me." " Tell me, then." "Please yourself." "Just give me a hint." "What's the time?" "That's the 11:30 down train." " Is he still there?" " Yes." "It's swarming with mosquitoes, so I invited him in." "He said he'd wait outside because he wasn't drinking, a rare young man." "Whatever it's all about, go and say something to him." "Beer." " You've had enough." " It's not for me." "You must be hungry." "Eat these." "Go on." "You win." "Eat up." "The beer's cold." " I'd rather you..." " I know; that's why I said you win." "I'll give you a little hint." "Visit the pistol men." "Unlicensed dealers; there's a place that sells or rents secondhand guns." "It's a risky business." " Where?" " I don't know." "Pretend to be down and out, haunt the amusement districts." "I've heard that the gun dealers will approach you." "Now stop following me." "I've never been chased by a Homicide officer all day." "I'm worn out." "How beautiful!" "It's twenty years since I've noticed how lovely the stars are." "I want one." "Can you pay?" "Good ones are pricey." "How many rounds?" "How much?" "You do mean girls?" "No, this." "It's not my line." "Your pal tipped me off." "Get out, or I'll call the cops." "Don't you ever lose your temper?" "You look strong enough to fight back." "You want a gun?" "Don't gawp." "I asked if you want a gun." "How much?" "You're broke." "Bring your rice ration card." " Why the ration card?" " It's no deal without that." "Go to the Conga Teashop at nine; find a girl with a white flower in her hair." "Your card." " Stop it!" " Police!" "I'm from H.Q. Can I interrogate her here?" "It's hot in there." "With that metal roof it's an oven, even at night." " You have only this sort of pistol?" " Any sort that sells." "Any Colts?" " What are they like?" " About this big." " Like this." " Yes, I rented one out yesterday." "When will it be returned?" "I was getting it back tonight." "You passed him in the doorway when you took me out." "He looked stunned." "Show me his rice ration card." "You must be new at this." "We get our share when the pistol is returned." "We bargain over the price." "It's easy money." "My trouble is, I'm not very good at bargaining." "The man behind you, reading the paper - he had the ration card." "Don't rush; they've all vanished by now." "Get a move on and lock me up, though." "It's so hot, I'll roast in here." "I won't be in jail long." "Aren't you over-anxious about your gun?" "You should have tried to get all the guns, not just your own." "It was a mistake to arrest her." "I know how you feel, but the gun she lent might not have been yours." "There are many Colts." "A girl was robbed and shot last night." "The bullet taken from her arm is in Ballistics; it's from a Colt." "Don't make too much of it; we can't afford hypersensitivity in Homicide." "You're thinner." "Been running around?" "That's healthy for a young man." "Your orders." "Half pay tor three months." "Why not take the day off?" "BALLISTICS LABORATORY" "The Yodobashi case bullet." "We've no previous record of it." "Without a record, it's not much help." "The gun boremarks on a bullet are like fingerprints." "One of my shots went here." "The same type." "Where was it?" "Please examine it." "Fired by the same Colt." "Well done." "Thank you." "Letter of resignation." " You feel responsible?" " I'm sorry, sir." "Misfortune makes or breaks men." "Don't let it break you; you can turn bad luck to good purpose." "Why not ask to be put on the case?" "Inspector Abe's in charge of it." "Will you help him?" "Chief Detective Sato at Yodobashi is a good man I'll tell him you'll help." "And check up on that pistol dealer's girl." "It may be helpful." " I want to see number 18." " She's out." "She's being questioned at Yodobashi." "Room Number 4." "I'm Murakami from the First Section." "It's him who arrested me." "I'm Sato." "What do you want?" "I was assigned to the case and ordered to help you." "Please let me." "About the Colt she lent out..." "Inspector Abe told me." "It's not often pickpockets go for Colts." "What's he like, the man you lent it to?" "Well, let me think." "He wore a winter suit." " Black." " How do you know?" " Left-handed, too." " Is he?" "Have a smoke and think." "Yes, he struck a match with his left hand." "His hand shook." "I asked if he was going to shoot himself." "What's his name?" " I don't know." " Lira." "You saw his ration card." "Yes, but it was too difficult for me to read." "I hated school." " Who has the ration card now, then?" " I've no idea." " Kimura?" " No." "Who, then?" "Your boyfriend?" "He's not." "I'm not lying." "Women are always protecting their men." " It's Honda." " Tell us more." "How about another cigarette?" " Where does he hang out?" " I don't know." "I don't, really." "He wouldn't tell me." "Where does he usually go?" "I don't know." "The stadium, maybe." "I've heard that he's crazy about baseball." "An ex-convict?" "He got two years for almost killing a girl." "I was scared." " When?" " I don't know." "Wait until I finish this." "You're not nice when you've got what you want." "Will you find Honda's record card?" "It may be an alias, but it's a start." "Where are you going, sir?" "Somewhere cool." "Chief Detective Sato." "I've found it." "His real name is Tachibana." "Some photos and a warrant." "I can't trace more about him." "What will you do now?" "Your arresting her was vital; we'll get Honda, the card, then the gunman." "A black winter suit and he held the Colt in his left hand." "His hand shook, no doubt." "He shot without thinking." "Obviously an inexperienced burglar, but a terrible ordeal for the victim." "A girl?" "Only 40,000 yen stolen, but she had saved three years for her dowry." "She'll have to save again." "All the time she'll be getting older, losing her best years." "That makes her weep more than the pain." "The gun was a Colt." "What's the matter?" "It was my Colt, sir." "It was stolen." "If I hadn't failed..." "He'd have used a Browning, then." "I'm afraid something worse will happen." "All done, sir;" "I gave the vendors the photos." "Good game, isn't it?" " Now what?" " One thing worries me." "He went to return the Colt." "He saw me arresting that girl and he may think I have his ration card." "So if he committed that crime solely out of need..." "You're feeling guilty about the criminal, too?" "No, but he didn't rob the night he rented the gun." "So he rented it, but didn't want to use it." "He came to return it, but..." "That's unimportant." "Preventing the next crime is important." "He stole 40,000." "Easy come, easy go." "When it's gone he'll strike again;" "once isn't a habit, but twice..." "A stray dog is a mad dog Arresting Honda comes first." "He'll be here if he's a baseball fan." " How many are here?" " 50,000." "One in 50,000?" " Ice-cream." " Two." "One ice-cream." "Sorry, sold out." "Stop selling, then." "Wait." "Is Honda all you can see?" "We can't endanger people." "Honda is probably armed." "Bullets aren't foul balls." "We must get him alone." "There are five innings left." "Only three innings left." "More about the lost child." "Mr Yamamoto, your son is on the roof of the commentary box." "Let's try that, let's page Honda." "Mr Honda, of Ueno." "Please come to the main gate." "Someone is waiting for you." "No good." "Try using his real name." "Mr Tachibana, of Ueno." "Someone is waiting at the main gate." "Hands up!" "Rice ration book:" "Shinjiro Yusa." "Why didn't Honda throw it away?" "Because the Colt wasn't returned;" "he intended to use it later." "Old habits die hard." "Will you check up on Yusa?" " How many days until the round-up?" " It's too hot to think." "Legwork for Sato and Murakami." "Shinjiro Yusa is your brother?" "He hasn't been back for a week, Has he done something?" "Nothing much." "He changed completely after the war." "His knapsack with everything he owned was stolen; it turned him to the bad." " You spoiled him." " That's not true." "He blames the world, the war, plays the martyr, won't do an honest job." "His friend is to blame." "That wastrel who comes to see him." "Him with the regent-style haircut, he's a bad one." " What's his name?" " Sei." "They were fellow soldiers." "Where does Sei live?" "May we see your brother's things?" "He hasn't much, just the junk in that box." "He's gentle, but he's weak." "Play outside." " Your brother sleeps here?" " No, over there." " A room at the back?" " He built himself a sort of shed." " May we see it?" " It's hardly a room, and so dirty." "I've so many kids, I can't help him." "How was he before he left?" "Let me see." "Yes, it was the day he left." "He didn't come to supper, so I looked in." "He was sitting In the dark, holding his head and crying." "I was frightened." "I can't sleep." "I keep hearing that cat." "It followed me in the rain." "It would have died, anyway." "So I thought I'd kill it." "I can still feel myself treading on it." "I am as worthless as that cat was." "Anyway..." "Is this your brother's writing?" "The Sakura Hotel?" "Yes, that Sei talked as though he was the manager there." "I'm sure it was a lie." " The manager, please." " That's me." " It's about Sei." " He's a page." "What has he done now?" " Is he often in trouble?" " He's a ladies' man." "Let's see Prince Charming." "Police officers." "Has Midori lodged a complaint?" "But she wanted to spend money on me." "It's not Midori." "Kaour, then?" "Never mind them." "It's about your friend Yusa." "The army officers may have beaten you, but we won't." "Why not turn it off?" " When did you last meet?" " Saturday, the 11th." "He was drunk." " He had money?" " And a new suit." " What sort of suit?" " White linen." "Was he alone?" " He's awkward with girls." " Unlike you." "How was he that night?" "Weren't you surprised he had money?" "Did you ask him about it?" "He wouldn't answer." "He was very pale." "You're a bad influence on him." "Who said so?" "I only..." " Only what?" " We went walking, that's all." " What was in it for you?" " We're friends." "Liar." "You wouldn't be friends for nothing." "What did you get out of it?" "He gets around backstage at the Blue Bird." "Girls again?" "So you made use of him to meet chorus girls?" "But if he was broke..." "A dancer named Harumi Namiki is his friend." "No more questions?" "The Deliquency Officer will attend to you." " Which is Hatumi Namiki?" " Second from the left." "Why didn't you come yesterday?" " I wasn't well." " No one is in this heat." "The police are here to see you." "Acts innocent, but who knows?" "Miss Namiki?" "Do you know Yusa?" "Childhood friends?" "I mean, friends as children?" "We were neighbours for about six months, that's all." " It's best to tell the truth." " I'm not lying." "Never mind, then." "What is between you two now?" " Between us?" " Are you sweethearts?" "We're not." "Just an admirer?" " He isn't." " But he comes here almost every day." "I can't drive a man out." "I didn't ask that." "When did you last see him?" "I'm thinking." "What's the matter?" "I've done nothing wrong." "I reported in." "I'm tired." "We'll continue tomorrow." " I'll be going, then." " No, come to one more place." "Why did that girl cry?" "She was tired, and so were we." "I handled it badly;" "I get ratty when I'm tired." "Questioning is difficult, and she may have known how to handle it." "I'd like to question her again tomorrow." "Fine, but getting her to talk seems unlikely." "Sensitive girls like her can be very stubborn." "You must phrase questions right." "Where are we going?" "You make me even hotter." "Say hello to him." "I thought it was for more work." "This is Mr. Murakami." "I thought you'd like a beer." " So many citations?" " All due to legwork." "In twenty-five years I've worn out so many shoes." "Each one tells a story." "Yes, many things have happened." "There's nothing much in the house, we'll eat what comes." "My home's not much, but Yusa's place is terrible, isn't it?" "It's no place for people." "Dirt breeds evil." "There are no bad people, only a bad environment." "So I've heard." "In a way I'm sorry for Yusa." "We can't afford to think like that." "We get that idea chasing criminals." "Don't forget the many lambs killed by one wolf" "Half of those I've arrested were later condemned." "Remember that we protect society." "Let writers analyse the criminal's mind" "I simply hate them." "Evil remains evil." "I can't think like that yet." "In the war I saw men turn bad very easily." "Is it the difference in our ages or the changing times?" "They call it something... apree..." "Yes, the apres guerre generation." " You understand him too well." " Perhaps I do." "My knapsack was stolen, too." "I felt outraged." "I could have stolen then, too." "But thinking that I was at at a dangerous point, I chose this work." "So that's it." "It's that apree..." "Yes, there are two sorts:" "You and Yusa." "You're genuine." "Yusa is just apree..." "No, a bad apple." "And tomorrow?" "Patience." "I can't be patient thinking how he spent that money." "Half spent on a suit." "A week's gone by." "6,000 yen a day; we could live a month on it." "I'll be going." "Tomi, our guest is going." "The children..." "Like a field of pumpkins." "Killed by a burglar?" "She was so pretty." "They were such a loving couple;" "her husband found her dead when he returned from a trip." "What will happen next?" " Where the myrtles are." " They bring bad luck." "You shouldn't have moved the body." "She hated to show her body even to me, the family doctor." "She wouldn't want to be seen like that." "I've known her since childhood." " Was it my Colt again?" " What if it was?" "My wife planted these tomatoes." "They were green when I left." "Now they are ripe." "But now she's gone." "How could this happen?" "To steal only 50,000 yen?" "Can I bear to look at these again?" "The Yodobashi murder site." "Supposing that..." "No suppositions, only facts." "Nakajima speaking." "Ballistics?" " My pistol again, sir?" " No, it's Yusa's." "Let's go." "This is no time for brooding." "We must catch Yusa;" "he has five rounds left." " Where are you going?" " Home, a drink, bed." "Why the two of you, then?" "Let us through, it's hot." " Any star suspect?" " It's too cloudy to see." " Coming tonight." " Who?" "What who?" "I meant the rain." "A jumpy policeman is no use." "I'm going to break down." "It seems you already have." "It's the moment for a showdown;" "killers are like mad dogs." "Do you know how a mad dog acts?" "It's a line of a poem." "Mad dogs see naught but their prey." "Yusa's like that now:" "He sees naught but Harumi, he loves her alone." "He'll go to see her." "The manager's out." "I'm the choreographer." "May we see Miss Namiki?" "She hasn't turned up today." "She's difficult." "Criticize her and she won't come." "The quiet sort are the most awkward." "And she's under the weather." "She's ill?" "Time of the month." "She's always difficult then." "Where does she live?" "Koenji, I believe." "She lives with her mother." "May we see your daughter?" "Don't bother." "A match, please." "It looks like rain." "Just one question." "I don't know anything about Yusa." "I hate nosey cops." "Quiet, Mother." "It's our right not to talk." "Your right to shield a suspected murderer?" " But I don't know..." " Don't lie." "He just left here." " Yusa left these matches?" " Yes." "You said you hated him hanging around." "Do you know where he is?" "Tell him." "Tell them all you know." " I don't know." "Really." " How dare you lie!" "Harumi, answer me." "Why don't you speak?" "Tell them." "Here's a chance for you;" "I've no time for wilful girls." "I'll follow up the hotel lead." "You stay here a bit longer." "Mothers are good prosecutors" "I'll call you on the 'phone here." "Have you got a pistol?" "I forgot mine." "Never mind about the holster." "Yusa just left; he won't return." "Can't you even be honest with me?" "It's my fault." "You haven't a father and I spoiled you." "All right, make a fool of me." "He's twenty-seven or eight, wearing a white linen suit." "He'll use another name." "Haruo Namiki." "That will be him." "Him?" "He stayed upstairs." "I never saw him sober." "No friends, he just drank all the time." "He left in a taxi, the day before yesterday." " Which taxi company?" " Heiwa." "On the main street;" "Matsuo took him, I think." " What is he?" " A mad dog." "How long are you going to be difficult?" " You are difficult." " I'm not." "I don't Know what he did, but he was nice to me." "He came backstage and looked at me with such sad eyes." "I can't help you arrest him." "You're concealing his address?" "I could be." "You can catch him, but I won't help you." "Take this and go!" "Wanted tor robbery and murder?" "No wonder he gave me a big tip." " Where did you take him?" " The Kogetsu restaurant." "When, did you get this?" "He bought it; we saw it in a shop window." "So pretty, I said I'd love to wear it just once." "He looked at me so sadly." "He bought it a week later." "Harumi, then you..." "Yes, he committed a crime for me." "If I'd the courage I might have done the same." "It's a crime to display it." "We'd have to do worse things to buy it." "It's because his knapsack was stolen." "Yusa said so?" "He's not the only one." "My knapsack was stolen, too." "Times are very bad, but that's no excuse for doing wrong." "Bad people eat well, dress well?" "they're the winners." "Why not do the same then?" "Wear the dress." "Why don't you wear it?" "Hard work in this heat, isn't it?" "To help you forget the heat." "What did he do?" "He came late and left early..." "I don't know..." " What about the geisha?" " She went to the taxi with him." " What's her name?" " Kintaro, I think." " Wasn't it?" " Yes, but she's out." "I 'phoned." "Check and see where she is." "Kintaro's at a party, at the Musashi restaurant." "I'm happy." "Kintaro?" "He was a mythical man;" ""The Golden Boy"" "The rain's improved my humour." "Your Kogetsu guest, two days ago..." "The day before yesterday?" "I hate that sort, they're so gloomy." "What has he done?" " You saw him out to a taxi?" " So you know." "Where did he go?" "To a hotel?" " Which hotel?" " Yayoi Hotel, in Kanda." "Once I..." "I'll make her talk." "I was too direct." "In this case..." "The pistol Yusa has was mine;" "it was stolen from me." "He shot two people with it, one was killed." "Now I feel that something else is bound to happen." "Police." "Is Haruo Namiki here?" "Yes, room six, upstairs." "Where's the 'phone?" "Don't say I'm here." " Any other way out?" " The back door." "Go and lock it now." "Make him stop bawling." "A rich guest for once and a cop has to come." "Stop it, you're a big boy now." "See that man?" "He's a policeman." "Behave, or he'll send you to prison." "Take emergency measures immediately." "Call Murakami to the 'phone." "Murakami, he's in Harumi's room." "Miss Harumi Namiki?" "Not Miss Namiki." "Mr. Murakami." "Telephone, Harumi." "If it's Yusa..." "If it's him, what do I say?" "Harumi speaking." "Chief detective Sato?" "What's Yusa's hotel?" "You must rest now." " How much blood did you give?" " I don't know." "Please tell me." "Were the bullets from my Colt?" "Please tell me." "Please don't die, Mr. Sato." "I beg you!" "Are you still here?" "He's out of danger now." "Mister policeman..." "He phoned me." "He'll be at Ohara Station at six." "I'll go, too." "No, there are three bullets left." "It's all my fault." "Which is Yusa?" "Don't act on impulse, stay calm." "Stay calm, think things over." "About twenty-seven or eight." "A white linen suit." "He may have changed his suit." "What then?" "Twenty-seven or eight..." "Think things over." "He ran off in the rain." "Dirty shoes." "Dirty trousers." "Left-handed." "Sato has my pistol!" "Congratulations." "The Inspector told me you were commended." " It was all your doing." " No." "Your first commendation." "I wasn't worthy of it, everything was my fault." "Still brooding about the Colt?" "That's just a manner of thinking." "Thanks to that, we got a haul of pistols from Honda." "Still, I feel that Yusa..." "I remember that I felt like that once." "It's hard to forget one's first case." "But there are many like him, more than you can imagine now." "Sympathy fades as time passes." "I can understand her feelings now." "But look out of the window." "Many bad things will happen beneath those roofs." "Many good people will be hurt by men like Yusa." "Forget about him." "You'll be busy when your arm's better." "You'll forget him as time passes."