#138: KUROSAWA, Akira: Rashomon (1950)
KUROSAWA, Akira (Japan)
Rashomon [1950]
Spine #138
DVD/Blu-ray
DVD/Blu-ray
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.
88 minutes
Black & White
Black & White
Monaural
in Japanese
1:37:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2012
Director/Writers
Scenario by Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto.
Kurosawa was 40 when he directed Rashomon.
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Other Kurosawa films in the Collection:
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
Eclipse Series 7: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Eclipse Series 23: The Most Beautiful (1944)
Eclipse Series 23: Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (1945)
Eclipse Series 23: The Men Who Tread On The Tiger's Tail (1945)
Eclipse Series 7: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)
#413: Drunken Angel (1948)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
DVD: Twenty-eight page booklet featuring essays by Stephen Prince, Kurosawa, and Akutagawa’s stories Rashomon and In a Grove.
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
DVD: Twenty-eight page booklet featuring essays by Stephen Prince, Kurosawa, and Akutagawa’s stories Rashomon and In a Grove.
Blu-ray: Forty-four page booklet with the same.
DVD and Blu-ray:
DVD and Blu-ray:
Video introduction
By director Robert Altman.
Excerpts
Excerpts
From The World of Kazuo Miyagawa, a documentary film about Rashomon’s cinematographer.
DVD:
Theatrical trailer
Blu-ray:
A Testimony as an Image
A sixty-eight minute documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew.
Archival audio interview
With actor Shimura.
A sixty-eight minute documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew.
Original and rerelease trailers
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