Kichijiro Ueda, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.
DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
Stats: 2,206 reviews
A story of what happens when an event witnessed by four different people is described in completely different ways, and someone's life is at stake in the telling. One of Kurosawa's best.
UPDATE: Just saw this again on a HD television. Even though the film obviously wasn't film...( read more)
Rashomon is visually stunning, particularly the composition of the court hearing scenes and the scenes with the three men sheltering from the rain. It's not my favourite Kurosawa film but it's probably my favourite Toshiro Mifune performance (although I love him in everything he'...( read more)
i liked this film a lot. this is considered one of kurosawas 5 greatest films, and i wouldnt even put it in my top 8 of his, but it was still very good. i think most respect this film so much because it was the film that catapulted kurosawa to stardom, and i can see how. mifun...( read more)
The film that woke up the world to Japanese cinema, this is a still-effective 'gimmick' melodrama about a rape-murder seen from four different viewpoints, each wildly different. The abused wife, the embittered husband and the lecherous bandit all get to tell their stories - the h...( read more)
Ambiguous in its conclusion- Who's story do you trust? What a way to explore an event or theme though! Great illustration of the metaphysical allegory of several blindfolded men feeling different parts of an elephant and not being able to agree on what it is that they are feeli...( read more)
Brillant labyrinthe de mensonges où chaque raconteur est maître et héros de sa propre histoire. Qui doit-on croire et jusqu'où la vanité humaine peut-elle allé? Appuyé par un rythme lent contemplatif ou du moins trépidant dans l'attente de l'action évidente, le tout est secondé p...( read more)
Outstanding. Best sound foreign film out there.
Perfect ensemble cast, perfect directing and beautiful, mood setting cinematography are amongst the many flawless aspects of this mindblowing film. World Cinema doesn't get much better than this.
The cast of basically 6 all co...( read more)
Going into Rashomon, I didn't know what to expect. The only other Kurosawa film I had seen was Throne of Blood. Considering its time, Rashomon was an exceptionally well made film. It surpassed my expectations by a fair amount. It impressively exemplified human nature, the differe...( read more)
One of Kurosawa's best. One of the very few Directors who have never let me down....
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