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Release Date: 3/26/2002
 Original Release: 1950
 Format: DVD
Length: 88 minutes
 Rating: Not Rated
 Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
 UPC: 037429161821
 Studio: Criterion Collection
Other Formats:  Rashomon Criterion Collection Essential Art House DVD


Directed by: Akira Kurosawa
Featuring: Minoru Chiaki, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune

Categories: Foreign Films, Japanese, Classic, Medieval, Suspense, Thriller, Murder, Recommended, Period Piece, Theatrical Release, Crime, Essential Cinema
Description
Akira Kurosawa's highly acclaimed film, set in feudal Japan, presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters--a bandit (Toshirô Mifune), a woman (Machiko Kyô), her husband (Masayuki Mori), and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura). Only two things about the incident seem to be clear--the woman was raped and her husband is now dead. However, the other elements radically differ as the four participants and/or witnesses relate their own stories (with the dead man, eerily enough, speaking through a medium). As each account is revealed, what seemed black and white turns to various hues of gray, leading to surprising--and confounding--relevations.

A landmark of international cinema, RASHOMON won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, bringing both Kurosawa--and Japanese film in general--to the attention of Western audiences. From the rain-soaked opening sequence to its moving conclusion, the film is a stunning examination of truth and human nature. The entire cast is pitch-perfect, with regular Kurosawa lead actors Mifune and Shimura giving typically outstanding performances. While critics and cinephiles debate over exactly how many masterpieces Kurosawa directed, RASHOMON stands as one of the revered filmmaker's indisputably brilliant motion pictures. In fact, the film's influence is so pervasive that it has inspired everything from a high profile Hollywood remake (THE OUTRAGE starring Paul Newman) to numerous tributes in movies such as COURAGE UNDER FIRE and THE USUAL SUSPECTS.

DVD Features


Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
Mono - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Donald Richie - Japanese Film Historian
Excerpts from Featurette:
1. THE WORLD OF KAZUO MIYAGAWA
Introduction: Robert Altman
Text/Photo Galleries:
Excerpts from SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Akira Kurosawa

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Awards
  • Winner, 1951 Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film
Technical Specifications
  • Recording Mode - Mono
  • Digital Process - Digitally Re-Mastered
  • Color - B&W
  • Additional Information - Criterion Collection
Reviews
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Average Rating: 5 / 5
Number of Reviews: 2 (view all)
5 / 5  Posted on December 14, 2007
Reviewed by: David

This is a complex story of the different sides of truth, and how it affects time, and the people apart of it. The way the story unfolds from crime drama to psychologically emotion is the one of the...
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5 / 5  Posted on March 29, 2007
Reviewed by: Movie Addict

Look at any trial. Attorneys for both sides present their version of the truth. Witnesses line up on either team and "testify" as to the "truth." How can there be so many versions of the truth? Truth...
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