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The film opens in torrential rain, and five shots move from long shot to closeup to reveal two men sitting in the shelter of Kyoto's Rashomon Gate. The rain will be a useful device, unmistakably setting apart the present from the past.
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98% Tomatometer 62 Reviews 93% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate...
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- Toshiro Mifune
- Akira Kurosawa
- Drama
Rashomon pioneered Kurosawa's dream tryst with perpetual brilliance and undoubtedly played a pivotal part in making his name a mark of excellence in the world of cinema. Rashomon is a well knitted tale about a supercilious samurai, his whimsical wife and a boorish bandit.
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- Picture 8/10
- Audio 6/10
- Extras 8/10
- Closing
A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, Rashomonis widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people give different accounts of a man’s murder and the rape of his wife, which director Akira Kurosawa presents with striking imagery and an ingenious use of flashbacks. This el...
Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomongets a Blu-ray upgrade from Criterion, who present the film in its original aspect ratio of about 1.37:1 on this dual-layer disc. This new 1080p/24hz high-definition transfer was made from the 2008 restoration of the film. The film has had a rough history and this has always shown on all previous home video versions I’ve se...
The Japanese lossless linear PCM 1.0 mono also offers a noticeable improvement. There’s still some background noise, including a hiss, present at times but it’s mostly gone now. I noticed an audio drop as well but otherwise dialogue and music are clear, and there’s a little bit of range and depth. Criterion also again includes the English dub, pres...
Criterion ports all of their supplements over from their previous DVD edition starting with an audio commentaryby film scholar Donald Richie. It can be a little dry and very “scholarly” but it’s actually an entertaining and informative track. Richie can carry on a bit in places but he seems to be a bit excited to be talking about the film and this ...
The supplements get a bit of an upgrade but were pretty solid to begin with. But what makes this new edition of Rashomon worth picking up, even if you own the original Criterion DVD, are the new video and audio transfers, which offer striking improvements with the film looking the cleanest I’ve ever seen it on home video. It comes with a very high ...
A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Akira Kurosawa
- 1951-12-26
Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon is not only a well-made, well-acted film, it is a fascinating exploration of humanity and storytelling. Full Review | Apr 1, 2021
Intense Kurosawa masterpiece about a rape and killing. Read Common Sense Media's Rashomon review, age rating, and parents guide.
