Stray Dog (Noru Inu) Friday, August 1, 2025 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Stray Dog goes beyond a crime thriller, probing the squalid world of postwar Japan, and the nature of the criminal mind. Rookie detective Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) has his gun stolen on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the pickpocket whose desperation has led to a life of crime. The cop’s and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side.
Tickets Available Soon
- $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)
Plan Your Visit
- This screening takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater in the Law Building.
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Community Partner: Japan-American Society of Houston
Underwriting for the Film Department is provided by Tenaris and American Friends of Fundacion Proa Inc., The June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation, and the Vaughn Foundation.
Generous funding is provided by The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea; Foundation for Independent Media Arts; Nina and Michael Zilkha; Lois Chiles; Franci Neely; Carrin Patman and Jim Derrick; Ms. Laurence Unger; and ILEX Foundation.
Stray Dog (Noru Inu)
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
(Japan, 1949, 122 minutes, in Japanese with English subtitles)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital