stray dog be the other detective noir film by kurosawa along with high and low . in this film a rookie homicide detective have his gun stolen which lead to a string of crime each more violent than the previous . while it be unlikely you could make it to detective and be as green a this guy and it do make for an interesting plot device . we watch a the detective get help from his fellow cop a he put the whole thing together . there be also interesting parallel draw between the detective and the criminal . most of the film hold up well but there be time when it drag which be unfortunately common in kurosawa film ( except for yojimbo which be perfect ) . all in all stray dog be a very stylish movie with some incredible shot and some ground breaking ( at the time ) film effect . it worth watch just to see post war japan .