Rashōmon
羅生門by Akira Kurosawa1h281950Japan
Recommended byStanley Kubrick, Lynne Ramsay, Cristian Mungiu, Agnès Varda, Jerry Schatzberg, José Luis Guerín, John Woo, Paul Verhoeven, Nicole Garcia, Michael Haneke
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The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Daiei Motion Picture Company
- Distributor : MK2
- Scenario : Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa
- Original Work Author : Ryûnosuke Akutagawa
- Photo Director : Kazuo Miyagawa
- Set Decoration : Takashi Matsuyama
- Costume Design : H. Motsumoto
- Sound Recorder : Iwao Ôtani
- Producer : Masaichi Nagata, Jingo Minura
- Director : Akira Kurosawa
- Editing : Akira Kurosawa
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1950
- French release date : 18 mai 1952
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Japanese
Bonus archives
- See special featureAkira Kurosawa par Catherine Cadou, interprète et traductrice
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This film is part of the Cinematographic movement
"L’âge d’or des studios japonais"