Stray Dog (1949)

During a heatwave in post-World War II Tokyo, homicide detective Toshiro Mifune has his pistol stolen while riding a crowded trolley. He spends the rest of the film roaming the city’s underbelly trying to locate it, distressed when he discovers it has been used in multiple murders. It’s an interesting film noir for its time and place. The dirt and stifling heat palpable as Mifune and his grizzled partner process the clues towards their unknown, desperate prey.