Up Next in Japanese Noir

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  Spotlight on Japanese Noir

  Spotlight on Japanese Noir

  The following interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in 2020.

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  Stray Dog

  Stray Dog

  Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1949 • Japan
  Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

  A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog w...

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  Black River

  Black River

  Directed by Masaki Kobayashi • 1956 • Japan

  Perhaps Masaki Kobayashi's most sordid film, BLACK RIVER examines the rampant corruption on and around U.S. military bases in Japan following World War II. Kobayashi spirals out from the story of a love triangle that develops between a good-natured stu...