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Rashomon  .  director Akira Kurosawa
11/03/2006, at 03:00 PM
director Akira Kurosawa
screenplay Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto
country Japan
year 1950
duration 88 minutes
color B/W
producer Jingo Minoura
cast

Toshiro Mifune

Machiko Kyo

Masayuki Mori

Takashi Shimura

Minoru Chiaki

Kichijiro Ueda

Fumiko Honma

Daisuke Kato

 


cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
editor Akira Kurosawa
music Fumio Hayasaka

synopsis

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.