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Rashomon
Release Date: August 26, 1950
Year | : | 1950 |
Slogan | : | «The husband, the wife… or the bandit?» |
Genres | : | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Production Companies | : | Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd. |
Director | : | Akira Kurosawa |
Producers | : | Jingo Minoura, Masaichi Nagata |
Writers | : | Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa |
RunTime | : | 88 mins. |
Budget | : | 250000 |
Revenue | : | 96568 |
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.
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Featurette: Brian Trenchard-Smith on Rashomon
Featurette: Robert Altman on Rashomon
Trailer: Rashomon Trailer (Akira Kurosawa, 1950)
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