with his penchant for incorporate western idea into his film and kurosawa hit yet another home run with his take on the crime film . a ever and he manage to make scene that would ( in the hand of a less director ) seem bore become absolutely rivet . mifune ride on the trolley and when he lose his gun and for instance while or the scene where he have to explain the situation to his superior ( and the subsequent search through police file for a suspect ) while or the long undercover sequence . we can almost feel his frustration . the tension mount . and yet again we have the brilliant shimura play off of mifune and speaking in carefully modulate tone a he dispense advice to the hotheaded young detective . if ever there be a more perfect combination of performer in cinema history and i never saw them . .