Rashomon [Special Subtitled Edition] - 1951 | ![Rashomon [Special Subtitled Edition] - 1951](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZUyq2L-4L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki
Studio: Triad Productions LLC
Buy New: $14.99
Sales Rank: 32985
Genre: Art House
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 88 Minutes
ASIN: B001CMDCHI
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2007
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
The film depicts a rape and murder through the widely differing accounts of four witnesses, including the perpetrator and, through a medium (Fumiko Honma), the murder victim. The story unfolds in flashback as the four characters-the bandit Taj?maru (Toshiro Mifune), the murdered samurai Kanazawa-no-Takehiro (Masayuki Mori), his wife Masago (Machiko Ky?), and the nameless woodcutter (Takashi Shimura)-recount the events of one afternoon in a grove. But it is also a flashback within a flashback, because the accounts of the witnesses are being retold by a woodcutter and a priest (Minoru Chiaki) to a ribald commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) as they wait out a rainstorm in a ruined gatehouse. Each story is mutually contradictory, leaving the viewer unable to determine the truth of the events. |
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