Rashomon

Rashomon

4.0 |
1h 28min

Released

CrimeDramaMystery
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.
Rashomon

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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.

Directors

Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa, Tokuzō Tanaka, Teruyo Nogami, Mitsuo Wakasugi, Tai Katō,

Writers

Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa,

Tags

The husband, the wife… or the bandit?

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