
Rashomon
The husband, the wife… or the bandit?
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
- Year: 1950
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Studio: Daiei Film
- Keyword: dying and death, japan, samurai, rape, court case, court, truth, rain, woodcutter, subjectivity, medium, sunlight, black and white, criminal, based on short story, multiple perspectives, jidaigeki, philosophical, witness account, heian period, rashomon effect
- Director: Akira Kurosawa
- Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijirō Ueda