Rashōmon

Four people describe the murder of a nobleman and the rape of his wife with each person's testimoy contradicting the other's

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Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm), Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha, Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Janus Films, Public Media Home Vision
Other Authors: Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, Honma, Fumiko, Honma, Fumiko, 1910-, Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Kyo, Machiko, 1924-, Kyō, Machiko, 1924-, Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Minoura, Jingo, Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999, Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Ueda, Kichijiro, Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972
Format: Unknown
Language:Japanese
English
Published: [Chicago?] : Janus Films ; Distributed by Public Media Home Vision, [1994?]
[New York] : Janus Films : Criterion Collection [distributor] , c2006
[New York] : Janus Films : Criterion Collection [distributor], c2006
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Summary:Four people describe the murder of a nobleman and the rape of his wife with each person's testimoy contradicting the other's
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit
Item Description:Accompanying book "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films" cataloged separately
Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa
Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa
Based on: Yabu no naka = In a bush / by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950
Release date: October 24, 2006
Released as part of the "Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films."
This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC
"...features a pristine digital transfer of the film in its original language, as well as English subtitles."--Criterion website
Physical Description:1 videocassette (83 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Format:DVD, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio
VHS
Production Credits:Photography by Kazuo Miyagawa
Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa
ISBN:0780014561