Rashomon

Summary: 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.

Release Date: August 26, 1950

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Ryûnosuke Akutagawa

, Akira Kurosawa

, Shinobu Hashimoto

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: G

Production: Daiei

Distributor: Edward Harrison, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), The Criterion Collection, Janus Films, The Criterion Channel, Embassy Home Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment

Country: Japan

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 250,000

Domestic: $ 46,808

International: $ 80,313

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12th century 8th century abandoned baby adoption of orphan afternoon asia bandit bare chested male based on short story bow and arrow city gate contradictory accounts corpse crying crying baby crying woman dagger dead body death of husband discovering a corpse dishonesty distrust downpour duel early middle ages east asia existentialism eye witness account eyewitness feudal japan flashback forest gate hat heavy rain honesty honshu horse horse riding humanism husband wife relationship implied rape japan japanese jidai geki kansai katana katana sword katsura river kissing a married woman knife as weapon kyoto lie literature loss of faith love making lying making love martial arts medieval times medium middle ages multiple endings multiple perspectives murder name calling one word title pine tree priest psychic rape reference to courthouse reference to hell river river bank ruin ruined buildings ruins samurai sex with a married woman sneak attack story story told from different perspectives suicide suicide attempt sword sword fight swordfight swordsman tanto testimony three versions of same story tied to a tree timeframe 12th century trial truth unreliable flashback unreliable narration veiled woman witness woman blamed woman's hat womanizer woodcutter woods

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