Rashomon
Screening on Film
Directed by Akira Kurosawa.
With Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo.
Japan, 1950, 35mm, black & white, 88 min.
Japanese with English subtitles.
With Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo.
Japan, 1950, 35mm, black & white, 88 min.
Japanese with English subtitles.
One of the first Japanese films to receive worldwide acclaim, Rashomon is the twelfth-century tale of a murder told from the multiple, irreconcilable perspectives of the crime’s participants and witnesses. The murdering bandit (Mifune), the spirit of the victim, the widow, and a woodcutter each retell their versions of the event as Kurosawa casts a critical eye on the unstable nature of truth.
