Stray Dog (1949)

In the sweltering heat of post-war Tokyo, rookie detective Murakami finds himself in a desperate hunt after a pickpocket steals his Colt pistol on a crowded trolley. With his career and the city’s safety on the line, Murakami plunges into Tokyo’s shadowy underworld. As his investigation meddles with the lives of the desperate and dangerous, the stakes rise with each clue, revealing a dark mirror of his own troubled soul.