Rashōmon /

羅生門 /

A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man's murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with stri...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Rashōmon (Motion picture)
Other Authors:	Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 (Screenwriter), Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018 (Screenwriter), Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 (Actor), Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019 (Actor), Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973 (Actor), Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 (Actor), Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999 (Actor), Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972 (Actor), Honma, Fumiko, 1910- (Actor), Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975 (Actor), Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999 (director of photogarphy.), Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (composer (expression)), Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927
Format:	Video
Language:	English Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with subtitles in English.
Published:	[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection : Janus Films [2012]
Subjects:	Murder > Japan > Drama. Rape > Japan > Drama. Samurai > Japan > Drama. Subjectivity > Drama. Memory > Drama. Japan > History > Heian period, 794-1185 > Drama. Memory Murder Rape Samurai Subjectivity Japan 794-1185 Webcast Drama Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations History Thrillers (Motion pictures) Crime films. Film adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Films) Films criminels. Adaptations cinématographiques. Films de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)

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Summary:	A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomon is widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man's murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema, and a commanding new star by the name of Toshiro Mifune, to the Western world.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. Restored in 2008 by the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of the National Museu of Mdern Art, Tokyo and Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. Based on In a grove, Rashomon and another short story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 89 min.)) : sound, black and white.
Playing Time:	01:29:17
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Venice Film Festival, Golden Lion, 1951 Venice Film Festival, Italian Film Critics Award, 1951 Academy Awards, Honorary Award (the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951), 1952 Blue Ribbon Awards, Best Screenplay, 1051 Mainichi Film Concours, Best Actress, 1951 National Board of Review (USA), Best Director, 1951 National Board of Review (USA), Best Foreign Film, 1951 National Board of Review (USA), Top Foreign Films, 1951
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Miyagawa Kazuo ; production design, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.