Rashomon

1950 Akira Kurosawa 1h 28m
Crime Drama Mystery

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Cast

Toshirō Mifune Tajômaru
Machiko Kyō Masako
Takashi Shimura Woodcutter
Masayuki Mori Takehiro
Minoru Chiaki Priest
Kichijirō Ueda Commoner
Noriko Honma Medium
Daisuke Katō Policeman

Vibes

Curious Mind Bending Critic Favorite
The Filmatic Record No. 31 in The Filmatic 100

Double Feature Pairings

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Perspective as the subject. Two Asian masterpieces about the impossibility of knowing what really happened. Watch as a double feature
Citizen Kane 1941
The impossibility of truth. Two films that defined cinema by proving every story has multiple versions. Watch as a double feature
Gone Girl 2014
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