Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- gun
- detective
- film noir
- tokyo
- japan
- black and white
- post war japan
- heatwave
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Toshirō Mifune
Det. Murakami
Takashi Shimura
Det. Sato
Keiko Awaji
Harumi Namiki
Eiko Miyoshi
Harumi's mother
- Noriko Sengoku — Girl
- Noriko Honma — Wooden Tub Shop woman
- Reikichi Kawamura
- Chōko Iida — Kogetsu Hotel manager
- Eijirō Tōno
- Yasushi Nagata
- Kappei Matsumoto
- Isao Kimura — Yusa
- Teruko Kishi
- Minoru Chiaki — Girlie Show director
- Ichirō Sugai — Yayoi Hotel owner
- Directed
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written
- Akira Kurosawa, Ryuzo Kikushima
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 362 ratings
- Studio
- Film Art Association, Shintoho Company
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