Rashomon
(Video)

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Published
[Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
Format
Video
Language
jpn

Notes

General Note
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.
General Note
Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashomon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa.
General Note
"Janus Films."
General Note
Special features: New high-definition digital transfer ; commentary by Donald Richie ; video introduction by Robert Altman ; excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa ; reprints of the Rashomon source stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a grove" and "Rashomon" ; Akira Kurosawa on Rashomon (excerpt from his book Something like an autobiography) ; theatrical trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; RSDL dual-layer ed.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa.
Participants/Performers
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Japanese or English language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kurosawa, A., Minoura, J., Hashimoto, S., Mifune, T., Mori, M., Kyo, M., Shimura, T., Chiaki, M., & Akutagawa, R. (2001). Rashomon . Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Akira Kurosawa et al.. 2001. Rashomon. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Akira Kurosawa et al.. Rashomon Criterion Collection, 2001.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kurosawa, Akira, et al. Rashomon Criterion Collection, 2001.

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