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Rashomon - Criterion Collection

starring: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki
directed by: Akira Kurosawa

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780024595
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0780024591
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 26, 2002
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 9345
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1951



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Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world.

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This 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa is more than a classic: it's a cinematic archetype that has served as a template for many a film since. (Its most direct influence was on a Western remake, The Outrage, starring Paul Newman and directed by Martin Ritt.) In essence, the facts surrounding a rape and murder are told from four different and contradictory points of view, suggesting the nature of truth is something less than absolute. The cast, headed by Kurosawa's favorite actor, Toshiro Mifune, is superb. --Tom Keogh



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Very Bad Movie
If you are interested in film history, you might find this movie interesting since it is directed ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of the Best
This is one of the BEST movies I've ever seen. Although the rape and murder are told from four different ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great, but end bombs
Akira Kurosawa had been a filmmaker for almost a decade, since his 1943 debut film Sugata Sanshiro, and had ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Kurosawa's synoptic story
Everytime I watch "Rashomon," I'm reminded of the problem of the synoptic gospels. How can three accounts of ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - I wouldn't call it a masterpiece
Let me start off by saying I love Kurosawa and have seen many of his films, but this one was a little slow and ... Read More

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