Stray Dog (Original screenplay for the 1949 film)

  • Tokyo: Film Art Association, 1949
By Akira Kurosawa (director, screenwriter); Ryuzo Kikushima (screenwriter); Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura (starring)
Tokyo: Film Art Association, 1949. First Draft script for the 1949 Japanese film noir. Manuscript ink and pencil annotations from production on two leaves. Text in Japanese.

Generally considered to be the greatest film noir made in Japan, and hugely influential on American film noir of the 1950s and 1960s.

White titled wrappers. 96 leaves, with last page of text numbered 96. Mechanical duplication. Toning due to aging throughout, wrapper split at spine with mild foxing, otherwise Good condition.

BFI 534. Criterion Collection 233. Grant Japan. Selby Japan. Spicer Japan Classic Noir.

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