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| Genre/Form: | Samurai films Feature films Fiction films Drama |
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| Material Type: | Videorecording, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Visual material, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
大映株式會社製作 ; 原作芥川龍之介 ; 脚本黒澤明, 橋本忍 ; 監督黒澤明. 黒澤明, 京マチ子, 三船敏郎, 志村喬, 芥川龍之介, 箕浦甚吾. 森雅之, 宮川一夫, 千秋実, 上田吉二郎, 本間文子. 加東大介, ; ; Jingo Minoura; Akira Kurosawa; Machiko Kyo; Toshirō Mifune; Masayuki Mori; Kazuo Miyagawa; Takashi Shimura; Minoru Chiaki; Kichijirō Ueda; Fumiko Honma; Daisuke Katō; Ryūnosuke Akutagawa; Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.; Criterion Collection (Firm); Home Vision (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 0780024591 9780780024595 |
| OCLC Number: | 61738315 |
| Language Note: | Soundtracks in Japanese or English; English subtitles. |
| Notes: | 1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound. Based on In a bush by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1950 by Daiei, Japan. Special features include: commentary by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; video introduction by Robert Altman; excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa (cinematographer); reprints from Rashomon source stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a bush" and "Rashomon"; excerpt about Rashomon from Kurosawa's book "Something like an autobiography"; theatrical trailer. |
| Credits: | Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto. |
| Cast: | Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD format; Dolby digital mono. |
| Contents: | 1. Rashomon gate. -- 2. Evidence of a crime. -- 3. The trial begins. -- 4. Tajomaru's story. -- 5. Lies. -- 6. The woman's story. -- 7. Confusion. -- 8. The dead man's story. -- 9. Frustration. -- 10. The woodcutter's story. -- 11. The way of the world. -- 12. Redemption. -- 12. Color bars. |
| Series Title: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 138.; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
| Other Titles: | Rashōmon (Motion picture) Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon In the woods Rasho-Mon Rashomon |
| Responsibility: | [Daiei Co. ; produced by Jingo Minoura ; scenario by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto ; directed by Akira Kurosawa]. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 183484 |
Abstract:
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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