Stray Dog
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Stray Dog is a 1949 Japanese crime drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, often regarded as an early masterpiece of film noir–influenced police procedural cinema.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stray Dog canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4245873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stray Dog Context triple: [Akira Kurosawa, notableWork, Stray Dog]
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A.
One Man Dog
One Man Dog is a 1972 folk-rock album by singer-songwriter James Taylor that blends introspective ballads with more experimental, loosely structured tracks.
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B.
K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
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C.
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs is a British dark comedy-drama television series about a group of middle-aged friends whose holiday in Spain spirals into crime and chaos.
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D.
Bullet the Wonder Dog
Bullet the Wonder Dog was Roy Rogers’ famous German Shepherd sidekick, known for appearing in his Western films and television shows as a heroic and intelligent companion.
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E.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stray Dog Target entity description: Stray Dog is a 1949 Japanese crime drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, often regarded as an early masterpiece of film noir–influenced police procedural cinema.
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A.
One Man Dog
One Man Dog is a 1972 folk-rock album by singer-songwriter James Taylor that blends introspective ballads with more experimental, loosely structured tracks.
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B.
K-9 and Company
K-9 and Company is a British science-fiction television series set in the Doctor Who universe, featuring the Doctor’s robotic dog K-9 and former companion Sarah Jane Smith in their own adventures.
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C.
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs is a British dark comedy-drama television series about a group of middle-aged friends whose holiday in Spain spirals into crime and chaos.
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D.
Bullet the Wonder Dog
Bullet the Wonder Dog was Roy Rogers’ famous German Shepherd sidekick, known for appearing in his Western films and television shows as a heroic and intelligent companion.
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E.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese film
ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ film noir–influenced film ⓘ police procedural film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Asakazu Nakai ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| director | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho ⓘ |
| editor | Akira Kurosawa ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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film noir ⓘ police procedural ⓘ |
| hasFilmRating | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| includedIn | Akira Kurosawa filmography ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Detective Murakami
ⓘ
Detective Sato ⓘ |
| musicBy | Fumio Hayasaka ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Japanese film noir
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early masterpiece of Akira Kurosawa ⓘ realist depiction of postwar Tokyo heat wave ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 野良犬 ⓘ |
| plotFocus | search for a stolen police pistol ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Takashi Shimura
ⓘ
Toshiro Mifune ⓘ
linked to:
Toshirō Mifune
|
| producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Toho ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1949-10-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| romanizedTitle | Nora inu ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 122 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Akira Kurosawa
ⓘ
Ryuzo Kikushima ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | postwar Japan ⓘ |
| starred |
Keiko Awaji
ⓘ
Takashi Shimura ⓘ Toshiro Mifune ⓘ
linked to:
Toshirō Mifune
|
| theme |
crime and morality
ⓘ
guilt and responsibility ⓘ postwar poverty ⓘ |
| title | Stray Dog ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Stray Dog Description of subject: Stray Dog is a 1949 Japanese crime drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa, often regarded as an early masterpiece of film noir–influenced police procedural cinema.
Referenced by (4)
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