Rashomon
by
 
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, film director, screenwriter.

Title
: 
Rashomon

Author
: 
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, film director, screenwriter.
 
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
 
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
 
Kyo, Machiko, 1924- actor.
 
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, actor.
 
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955, composer.
 
Matsuyama, Takashi, 1960- production designer.
 
Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999, cinematographer.
 
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
 
Kadokawa Pictures, Inc., production company.
 
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher, film distributor.

Series
: 
Criterion collection ;

Series Number
: 
138.

Summary
: 
A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema, and a commanding new star.

Audience
: 
MPAA rating: Not rated.

General Note
: 
Title from web page.
 
Based on two stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
 
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
 
Release date: Nov. 6, 2012.
 
Special features: audio commentary by Japanese-film historian, Donald Richie, interview with director Robert Altman about Rashomon, excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa, a documentary ; a testimony as an image, a sixty-eight-minute documentary ; archival audio interview with actor Takashi Shimura ; original and release trailers.
 
Booklet features an essay by film historian Stephen Prince; an exerpt from director Akira Kurosawa's "Something like an autobiography"; and reprints of Rashomon's two source stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, "Rashomon" and "In a grove".

Edition
: 
DVD special edition

Physical Description
: 
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages)

Genre
: 
Feature films.
 
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
 
Fiction films.
 
Crime films.
 
Films in Japanese.
 
Foreign films.

Subject Term
: 
Murder -- Drama.
 
Rape -- Drama.
 
Samurai -- Drama.
 
Subjectivity -- Drama.
 
Memory -- Drama.

Author(s)
: 
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998,
 
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
 
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997,
 
Kyo, Machiko, 1924-
 
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973,
 
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955,
 
Matsuyama, Takashi, 1960-
 
Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999,

Added Corporate Author
: 
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
 
Kadokawa Pictures, Inc.,
 
Criterion Collection (Firm),

Publisher
: 
The Criterion Collection,

Publication Date
: 
2012

ISBN
: 
9781604656541

Publication Information
: 
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.

Award Note
: 
Academy Award Winner, 1952: Honorary award (Best foreign language film)

Call Number
: 
DVD RASHOMO


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