
Stray Dog1949
Both directed by Akira Kurosawa, and both starring Noriko Sengoku and Toshirō Mifune


A handsome, suave Toshiro Mifune lights up the screen as painter Ichiro, whose circumstantial meeting with a famous singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) is twisted by the tabloid press into a torrid affair. Ichiro files a lawsuit against the seedy gossip magazine, but his lawyer, Hiruta (Kurosawa stalwart Takashi Shimura), is playing both sides. A portrait of cultural moral decline, Scandal is also a compelling courtroom drama and a moving tale of human redemption.
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Both directed by Akira Kurosawa, and both starring Noriko Sengoku and Toshirō Mifune
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