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Rashomon (1950)

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Set in feudal Japan, this film presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters -- a bandit, a woman, her husband and a woodcutter. Only two things about the incident seem to be clear -- the woman was raped and her husband is now dead. However, the other elements radically differ as the four participants and/or witnesses relate their own stories (with the dead man, eerily enough, speaking through a medium). As each account is revealed, what seemed black-and-white turns to various hues of gray, leading to surprising -- and confounding -- revelations.

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Rashomon

By Carrie Rickey, Inquirer Movie Critic

Posted 11/19/2009

Seeking shelter from a driving rain, a priest and a peasant huddle under Kyoto's dilapidated Rashomon Gate. They shake their heads in bewilderment at a mystery that cannot easily be solved in 11th century Japan, where feudal wars have left Kyoto - and the truth - in ruins. A woodcutter, who claims to have witnessed a rape and a murder in the woods, joins the pair to talk about what occurred. » Read more

MPAA rating:

Unrated

Cast:

Daisuke Katô; Kichijiro Ueda; Takashi Shimura; Minoru Chiaki; Toshiro Mifune; Fumiko Honma; Masayuki Mori; Machiko Kyô

Directed by:

Akira Kurosawa

Genre:

Drama; Suspense, Thriller

Running time:

01:28

Release date:

1951