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Plot. In Heian-era Kyoto, a woodcutter and a priest, taking shelter from a downpour under the Rashōmon city gate, recount a story of a recent assault and murder. Baffled at the existence of conflicting accounts of the same event, the woodcutter and the priest are joined by a commoner.
The story is the inspiration for an instrumental rock tune of the same name composed by Japanese instrumental guitarist Takeshi Terauchi and originally played by Japanese instrumental rock group Takeshi Terauchi & Blue Jeans on their 1972 album, Rashomon.
Rashomon: Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura. The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
May 26, 2002 · "Rashomon" (1950) struck the world of film like a thunderbolt. Directed by Kurosawa in the early years of his career, before he was hailed as a grandmaster, it was made reluctantly by a minor Japanese studio, and the studio head so disliked it that he removed his name from the credits.
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.
A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove.
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice.
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Nov 15, 2018 · Rashômon (1950) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by Akira Kurosawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô and Masayuki Mori. Rashômon Blu-ray (Amazon) https://amzn.to/3SD4r5x Rashômon...
Rashōmon, short story by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, published in Japanese in 1915 in a university literary magazine. The story, set in 12th-century Kyōto, reveals in spare and elegant language the thoughts of a man on the edge of a life of crime and the incident that pushes him over the brink.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1950 • Japan. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. 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.
