Japanese film

Watch Stray Dog (Dir. Kurosawa Akira, 1949, 122 min). and Read "Takemae Eiji, Inside GHQ, 67-81 ",
and Herbert Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, 533-579
Answer ONE of the following prompt.

1. Consider the two characters, Murakami and Yusa. In what ways do they belie Sato's insistence on a simple
   binary between police/good people and criminals? Is it the case that Yusa is mad (=mad dog), and Murakami
   perfectly sane and straightforward? What details bear this out?
2. Sato voices a number of statements about the way things are throughout the film. His character also follows
   a number of standard movie tropes about detectives and policing. But how does that work within the film? What
   details might suggest that his perspective is problematic?