Stray Dog
"Nora Inu" (1949)
| Title: | Drunken Angel |
| Descriptor: | Shimura Takashi and Mifune are at it again!� The dynamic duo fill the screen with a compelling story of the double.� Mifune, a homicide detective at the prefecture police station has his Colt pistol stolen.� Later the next day, a homicide is reported.� Forensics show that it was his exact pistol that killed the victim, a by-stander of a robbery.� Placed under Detective Sato (Takashi) Mifune realizes that he and the offender share more than the pistol.� Both are war veterans, both had their knapsack stolen after the war, both have a bitter taste from the war.� Both had nothing to live for after the war - like stray dogs.� However, Takashi reminds Mifune that he has chosen to help people, while Yusa (the offender) has chosen to hurt people.� |
| Date Watched: | July 7, 2001 (or somewhere around then) |
| Comments: | Kurosawa again presents his audience with a unique post war perspective.� Gaman - even though the war destroyed many, we must not loose the more important battle, that against war itself.� The soul of the human race must transcend the bitter defeat or victory of WWII.� Even stray dogs can find a bone to bury.� Mifune is brilliant =). |
