Stray Dog

1949 film by Akira Kurosawa
Movie film Q678972
Stray Dog
Toho Studios (c) 1949 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Stray Dog

Summary

Stray Dog is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stray Dog's image is recorded as Nora inu poster.jpg[3].
  • Stray Dog's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Stray Dog's director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[5].
  • Stray Dog's screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[6].
  • Stray Dog's composer is recorded as Fumio Hayasaka[7].
  • Stray Dog's genre is recorded as buddy film[8].
  • Stray Dog's genre is recorded as crime film[9].
  • Stray Dog's genre is recorded as film noir[10].
  • Stray Dog's genre is recorded as drama film[11].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Toshirō Mifune[12].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Takashi Shimura[13].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Keiko Awaji[14].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Minoru Chiaki[15].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Ichirō Sugai[16].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Isao Kimura[17].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Noriko Honma[18].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Noriko Sengoku[19].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Ishirō Honda[20].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Eijirō Tōno[21].
  • Stray Dog's cast member is recorded as Eiko Miyoshi[22].
  • Stray Dog's producer is recorded as Sōjirō Motoki[23].
  • Stray Dog's production company is recorded as Toho[24].
  • Stray Dog's director of photography is recorded as Asakazu Nakai[25].
  • Stray Dog's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0041699[26].
  • Stray Dog's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Stray Dog's producer is recorded as Sōjirō Motoki[23]. Its director is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Akira Kurosawa[6]. Cast members include Toshirō Mifune[12], Takashi Shimura[13], Keiko Awaji[14], Minoru Chiaki[15], Ichirō Sugai[16], and Isao Kimura[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1949-10-17T00:00:00Z[28], +1961-01-12T00:00:00Z[29], and +1963-08-31T00:00:00Z[30]. Stray Dog's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Japanese[27]. Genres include buddy film[8], crime film[9], film noir[10], and drama film[11].

Reception

Reviews include 7.9/10[31] and 96%[32].

Why It Matters

Stray Dog ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (615 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . bfi.org.uk. Retrieved . bfi.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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