Rashomon
Type
Audio/Visual
Authors
Category
Drama
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Publication Year
1986
Publisher
RKO Pictures, United States
URL
[ private ]
Duration
86 min.
Subject
Murder -- Japan -- Drama. Rape -- Japan -- Drama. Samurai -- Japan -- Drama. Subjectivity -- Drama. Memory -- Drama. Feature films -- Japan. Motion pictures -- Japan. Feature films.
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Abstract
Set in ninth century Kyoto. A nobleman is murdered, his bride is raped by a bandit. These deeds are the subject of four different accounts, three by participants and one by an eye-witness. Kurosawa uses a flashback technique to tell the four different versions of these events, and cynically shows the ability of human beings to twist the truth to preserve the idea they have of themselves. The version of the witness, the woodcutter, is different to those of the three participants, and he emerges as the hero of the story.
Description
1 videodisc (86 min.) (videodisc) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Biblio Notes
Access DVD Booklet at: https://www.scribd.com/doc/288793884/Rashomon
Stream on Kanopy:
https://swccd.kanopystreaming.com/video/rashomon
Stream on Kanopy:
https://swccd.kanopystreaming.com/video/rashomon
Number of Copies
1
