Rashomon
Summary:
This landmark film is a brilliant exploration of truth and human weakness. It opens with a priest, a woodcutter, and a peasant taking refuge from a downpour beneath a ruined gate in 12th-century Japan. The priest and the woodcutter, each looking stricken, discuss the trial of a notorious bandit for rape and murder. As the retelling of the trial unfolds, the participants in the crime -- t... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Toshiro Mifune - (Tajomaru, the Bandit)
Masayuki Mori - (Takehiro, the Nobleman)
Machiko Kyo - (Masago, the Wife)
Takashi Shimura - (Woodcutter)
Minoru Chiaki - (Priest)
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Review:
Rashomon's winning the Golden Lion in the 1951 Venice Film Festival is one of the key events of world cinema. Not only did it establish director Akira Kurosawa as one of the masters of the medium, but it compelled European and American audiences to look seriously at non-Western cinemas. Without Rashomon, the international critical succe... Continue >>
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