akira kurosawa stray dog ( english title ) be a riveting and poetic vision of a young tokyo officer ( toshiro mifune ) who handgun be steal from him on a bus . drive to obsession and he follow the trail of the pickpocket through the seedy underworld of post war china and in an attempt to regain his honor . a rare film of great social and philosophical significance . the deceptively simple story grows more complex a the man who gain possession of mifune handgun begin kill people and mifune start to blame himself . every single second of this film ring true . an incredible atmospheric combination and of noirish melodrama and dark comedy . every bit as good a kurosawa celebrate samurai picture .