New on Blu-ray & 4K Ultra HD: Akira Kurosawa's STRAY DOG / NORA INU (1949) - Criterion Collection

Stray Dog 1949 New On Dvd Bluray 4k Ultra Hd

Product Description: A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a 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’s and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side. Starring Toshiro Mifune as the rookie cop and Takashi Shimura as the seasoned detective who keeps him on the right side of the law, Stray Dog goes beyond crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.

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Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Isao Kimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Runtime: 122 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Japanese

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: May 5, 2026

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Region: Region A/1

4K Ultra HD

Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
HDR: HRO 10, Dolby Vision
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: None
4K Ultra HD: None

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Blu-ray: LPCM Mono
4K Ultra HD: LPCM Mono

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Blu-ray: English

4K Ultra HD: English

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New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentary by Stephen Prince, author of The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa
Short documentary on Stray Dog, from the series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create, featuring interviews with director Akira Kurosawa, production designer Yoshiro Muraki, actor Keiko Awaji, and others
PLUS: An essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty and an excerpt from Kurosawa’s book Something Like an Autobiography
Cover by William Logan and Jim McKendree