Crime ·Drama ·Mystery · Japan · 1950 · 1h 28m

Rashomon

羅生門

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Director
Akira Kurosawa
Cast
Toshirō Mifune as Tajômaru Machiko Kyō as Masako Takashi Shimura as Woodcutter Masayuki Mori as Takehiro Minoru Chiaki as Priest Kichijirō Ueda as Commoner
Crew
Kazuo Miyagawa — Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa — Editor Fumio Hayasaka — Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto — Screenplay Akira Kurosawa — Screenplay Ryūnosuke Akutagawa — Novel
Tagline

The husband, the wife… or the bandit?

Synopsis

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Trailer Rashomon — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
dying and deathjapansamurairapecourt casecourttruthrainwoodcuttersubjectivitymediumsunlight
Key Collaborators
Akira Kurosawa Director Kazuo Miyagawa Director of Photography Akira Kurosawa Editor Fumio Hayasaka Original Music Composer Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Akira Kurosawa Screenplay Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Novel Jingo Minoura Producer Takashi Matsuyama Production Design Uichi Ôhata Costume Design
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