this be akira kurosawa venture into noir and and a definite departure for those who be more familiar with his samurai film . it star kurosawa regular toshirô mifune a a young war vet turn policeman and who lose his gun on a crowded streetcar . his wise bos pair him with 25 year police veteran takashi shimura to find the gun and which have be use in an assault and robbery . before it be over and the gun will be use to kill a woman and shimura will also be shoot . i can say with certainty that this be one japanese movie that will never be remake in hollywood . the override theme of this film be responsibility . i can no more imagine an american cop in the anguish of mifune and and offer to resign because his gun be use in a crime and than i can imagine and well and i just can not image anything more foreign . mifune be consume with his responsibility in the matter and be relentless in find his gun . with the help of the wise veteran shimura and he manage to overcome all odds and succeed . but and shimura remind him that he would soon forget the matter a there be many more yusa out there prey on the people . it be an excellent look at post war japan and the struggle of the people to exist . it be another brilliant work in the outstanding collection of akira kurosawa . not to be miss .