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Rashomon

Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm), Janus Films
Other Authors:	Minoura, Jingo, Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-, Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, Kyo, Machiko, 1924-, Mori, Masayuki, 1911-, Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-, Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972, Honma, Fumiko, Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975, Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Published:	[Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 138. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:	Murder > Japan > Drama. Rape > Japan > Drama. Samurai films. Memory > Drama. Foreign films > Japan.
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Summary:	Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa. "Janus Films."
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, RSDL dual-layer presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Production Credits:	Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa.
ISBN:	0780024591 9780780024595