Rashomon

Primary Creator
Director Akira Kurosawa
Contributor(s)
Screenwriter Akira Kurosawa
Actor Toshiro Mifune
Properties
Duration88 minutes
Era1931-1950
StyleDrama
Name of WorkRashomon
Production Date1950
Production Location


Current Location


General Notes

Description

A murder and a rape are commited by a crazy thug. The movie, thru flashbacks and narrative portrays the three radically different stories of the witnesses. The film is black and white and has remarkable compositional and textural and lighting qualities.

Theme

Objectivity is a myth -- everyone sees a different reality, a different "story".

Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life

The world is terrible and full of disasters and mankind is awful and pathetic.

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