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Rashomon

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1950
1h 28m
Japanese
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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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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Cast

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Toshir Mifune
Machiko Ky
Takashi Shimura
Woodcutter
Masayuki Mori
Minoru Chiaki
Kichijir Ueda
Noriko Honma
Daisuke Kat
Policeman
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Shinobu Hashimoto (Screenplay), + 1 more

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R_Lewis says...
7 years ago
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So good, Kurosawa manages to do so much with so little. The framing and camerawork are often incredible, both in the static "courtoom" scenes and in the dynamic forest and medium scenes. The medium and [spoiler]the woman's breakdown in the last version of the story[/spoiler] unexpectedly really creeped me out. You're brought to doubt the reality of what you see on screen, something we usually take for granted. The unseen interrogator, the audience, can keep questioning the characters, but the truth is left for interpretation.
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CharAznable says...
8 years ago
"I even heard that the demon living here in Rashomon fled in fear of the ferocity of man"
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a_mile says...
8 years ago
"Rashomon(羅生門)" is a quite famous gate which existed in ancient Kyoto. It is said the gate was located near current Kyoto station. This film describes egotism of ordinary people. One day, there was a murder and a samurai was killed. Some people including two suspects and two witnesses were brought to the police, and they tried to explain what happened. However, three of them told totally different stories each other. Afterwards, the two witnesses went to Rashomon on the way to home in order to wait until heavy rain stopped, and started discussing this weird experience. They criticise egotism of people and they think there is nobody who we can trust nowadays. The director is "Akira Kurosawa" and this film was one of first Japanese films which won important prize in famous film festivals such as Venice or in American Academy Awards.
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Whitsbrain says...
3 years ago
The mood that is set by the opening scene is incredible. It's shot in the pouring rain with a few of the main characters taking shelter in the rubble of the Rashomon city gate. The characters retell the story of a murder that they all witnessed to some extent and they each have a different version of what happened. This plot is interesting but now, seventy years later, just isn't as impactful as it likely was back then. However, it's still intriguing and keeps you guessing. The most interesting thing about the film for me was the mood and how artistic all of the directorial choices were. It's black and white, but there's so much depth and contrast. It looks amazing.
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
In what seems like an endless, almost biblical, rainstorm we meet three people sheltering in the ruins of an old gatehouse. Each has their own story to tell of the rape of a woman and of the murder of her husband. It was the woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) who discovered the body and who alerted the au More
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Filipe Manuel Neto
one year ago
**A good movie.**

Despite acknowledging the quality and attention to detail, I can't really enjoy Japanese cinema. Maybe because it's so different from what we have around here. But even being so different, we have to recognize the talent of those who have it. Akira Kurosawa is a director with a More
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The Movie Diorama
5 years ago
Rashomon beguiles through the torrential downpour of fabrication. “It’s human to lie. Most of the time we can’t even be honest with ourselves”. Honesty. Deceit. Contradiction. A crucial part of human preservation is the requirement to lie. Intentional or accidental, it’s within our ancestr More
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