Rashomon
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The movie is based on two short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.[1]
Plot
The fictional plot is set in Japan in the Heian period.[2]
There is a murder and rape in a forest: these things happen to different characters. The movie is famous for having an unusual type of story. The same event is described differently by the four different people involved in it. Most movies describe the same things in one way during the entire movie. The four people said different things. The movie does not say which person is right.
Similar movies
The 1964 movie The Outrage was a remake of Rashomon. Kurosawa was acknowledged for the screenplay. The movie's concept is also mirrored in many other movies, including Hero, Vantage Point, Courage Under Fire and Basic.
Rashomon Media
Press photo of Toshiro Mifune and Daisuke Katō
US release poster for Rashomon
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Related pages
References
- ↑ Kurasawa, Akira. (1987). Rashōmon (translator, Donald Richie), p. 115.
- ↑ Kurasawa, p. 115; Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke. (1915). "Rashomon"; retrieved 2011-12-10.
Other websites
- Rashomon on IMDb
- Criterion Collection, Rashomon, essays Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
