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I saw "Straw Dogs" more than 30 years ago, too. I started crying halfway through the movie and couldn't stop. Not sad, just unspeakably violent. Brilliant, but as far as I'm concerned, utterly unwatchable. Shudder.
"Stray Dog" is a Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa (who also did "Ran" which is a Japanese version of King Lear; "Throne of Blood" which is a Japanese version of "Macbeth" and probably the best Macbeth movie I've seen; the original "Seven Samurai"; "Rashomon"; and "Yojimbo", the original "Fistful of Dollars"/"Last Man Standing").
"Stray Dog" stars Toshiro Mifune, like a lot of Kurosawa's movies. The plot is that a young Tokyo policeman in the 1940's has his gun stolen. While he searches for it, the gun is used in a murder. Apparently, Kurosawa had great admiration for American film noir - we also saw "High and Low" by him.
"Straw Dogs". Shudder.
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