Rashomon

Toshir� Mifune stars in this 1950s Japanese period crime drama directed by Akira Kurosawa. Arrogant bandit Taj�maru (Mifune) is brought to trial, charged with the murder of samurai Takehiro Kanazawa (Masayuki Mori) and the rape of his wife Masako (Machiko Ky�). As the crime is recounted by four witnesses - Taj�maru, Masako, Takehiro through use of a medium (Noriko Honma) and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) - all of whom have their own version of the event, the intertwining realities dilute the concept of an objective, singular truth and call into question the tenuous relationship between fact and memory.

Actor: Minoru Chiaki
Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto
Music: Fumio Hayasaka
Actor: Daisuke Katô
Cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa
Actor: Toshirô Mifune
Actor: Takashi Shimura
Producer: Minoru Jingo
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Actor: Masayuki Mori
Producer: Jinkichi Minoura
Actor: Machiko Kyô
Actor: Fukimo Homma
Actor: Kichijiro Ueda
Music: Takash Matsyama
Actor: Noriko Honma