Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Two Line Reviews - #99

Movie: Nora Inu (or) Stray Dog (Japanese,1949)


 Claps:
  • Set in a scorching Japanese summer,this brilliant Akira Kurosawa film on a Cop's pursuit of his lost Colt pistol and a conman who misuses it brings out the message that gets quoted somewhere in the film itself - "Bad luck either makes a man or destroys him"
  • The mentoring relationship shown between the senior and the junior cop.
  • Toshiro Mifune portrays desperation superbly.
  • Some stupendous dialogs.
Blips:
  • A better background score could have revved things up even more.
Overall Score: 9.6/10

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