Release Date: Mar 26, 2002 Region: 1 Runtime: 88 mins Studio: Criterion Audio:
JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Mono
Video:
Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles: English Packaging: Keep Case Rating: NR Features:
Commentary by Japanese Film Historian Donald Richie Video Introduction by Robert Altman Excerpts from The World Of Kazuo Miyagawa, A Documentary Film about Rashomon's Cinematographer Reprints of the Rashomon Source Stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In A Grove" and "Rashomon" Akira Kurosawa on Rashomon: A reprinted excerpt from his book Something Like And Autobiography Theatrical Trailer
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. (Rashomon's 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 favourite actor, Toshiro Mifune, is superb. --Tom Keogh
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