AKIRA KUROSAWA
RASHOMON
Truth is in the eye of the beholder in Kurosawa's Oscar® winning RASHOMON
1950 · 88 mins · Classics, Crime, Foreign, Drama
WINNER Best Foreign Language Film, 24th Annual Academy Awards® In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. RASHOMON is played out by giving us four stories - with every story revealing different points of view. The question remains - just which version is the truth? RASHOMON was remade with Paul Newman as THE OUTRAGE (1964) and also credited by director Bryan Singer as his inspiration for the Oscar® winning 1995 film THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Kurosawa's breakthrough movie to the West, winning the 1951 Oscar® for Best Foreign Film - RASHOMON remains one of the truly great films...
WINNER Best Foreign Language Film, 24th Annual Academy Awards®
In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. RASHOMON is played out by giving us four stories - with every story revealing different points of view. The question remains - just which version is the truth?
RASHOMON was remade with Paul Newman as THE OUTRAGE (1964) and also credited by director Bryan Singer as his inspiration for the Oscar® winning 1995 film THE USUAL SUSPECTS. Kurosawa's breakthrough movie to the West, winning the 1951 Oscar® for Best Foreign Film - RASHOMON remains one of the truly great films of the 20th Century.
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Info
- DVD
- EYE2118
- Japanese with English subtitles
- English
- 1
- PAL
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Featuring
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
Special Features
The Making of RASHOMON - a documentary
Deleted scenes
Outtakes
Newsreel footage
Stills and poster gallery
Original theatrical trailer