Rasho Mon
Lobby Card Rashomon
is a highly influential 1950 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is considered one of the greatest films ever made and is famous for its innovative narrative structure that involves multiple characters providing contradictory accounts of the same incident. This storytelling method is so well-known it led to the coining of the term the "Rashomon effect".
Key Information
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Main Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Ky?, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura
Plot: In 12th-century Kyoto, a woodcutter and a priest, sheltering from the rain, recount a recent murder trial to a commoner. The audience then sees the crime—the murder of a samurai and the assault of his wife—unfold through contradictory flashbacks from the perspectives of the bandit, the wife, the samurai's ghost (via a medium), and eventually the woodcutter himself.
Themes: The film delves into the nature of truth, the unreliability of human memory, vanity, and how people often lie to portray themselves in a better light.
Legacy: Rashomon was the first Japanese film to achieve significant international success, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and an Academy Honorary Award, which introduced Japanese cinema to the Western world.
is a highly influential 1950 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Akira Kurosawa. It is considered one of the greatest films ever made and is famous for its innovative narrative structure that involves multiple characters providing contradictory accounts of the same incident. This storytelling method is so well-known it led to the coining of the term the "Rashomon effect".
Key Information
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Main Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Ky?, Masayuki Mori, and Takashi Shimura
Plot: In 12th-century Kyoto, a woodcutter and a priest, sheltering from the rain, recount a recent murder trial to a commoner. The audience then sees the crime—the murder of a samurai and the assault of his wife—unfold through contradictory flashbacks from the perspectives of the bandit, the wife, the samurai's ghost (via a medium), and eventually the woodcutter himself.
Themes: The film delves into the nature of truth, the unreliability of human memory, vanity, and how people often lie to portray themselves in a better light.
Legacy: Rashomon was the first Japanese film to achieve significant international success, winning the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and an Academy Honorary Award, which introduced Japanese cinema to the Western world.
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