| Description |
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 138.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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Criterion collection ; 138.
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| Audience |
Rated PG. |
| System Details |
DVD format; Dolby digital mono.; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound. |
| Language |
Soundtracks in Japanese or English; English subtitles. |
| Note |
Based on: In a bush by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. |
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Originally issued as a motion picture in 1950 by Daiei, Japan. |
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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. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Credits |
Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Japan.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Minoura, Jingo.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Kyo, Machiko, 1924-
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
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Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999.
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Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972.
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Honma, Fumiko.
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975.
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Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
Yabu no naka.
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Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision (Firm)
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| Cover Title |
Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon |
| Note |
Also known as: In the woods |
| Added Title |
Rasho-Mon |
| ISBN |
0780024591 |
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9780780024595 |
| Standard No. |
037429161821 |
| Music No. |
RAS040 Criterion Collection |
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