Rashomon

1950 Akira Kurosawa 1h 28m ★ 8.0
Crime Drama Mystery
Rashomon

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

Cast

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

Vibes

Curious Mind Bending Critic Favorite

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with Rashomon

In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love 2000
Perspective as the subject. Two Asian masterpieces about the impossibility of knowing what really happened. Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane 1941
The impossibility of truth. Two films that defined cinema by proving every story has multiple versions. Gone Girl
Gone Girl 2014
Truth belongs to the storyteller. Two films about the terrifying realization that objectivity does not exist.