Rashômon
Criterion/Voyager (1950)
Crime, Foreign, Mystery, Thriller
In Collection
#1476
0*
Seen It:  Yes
715515100915
IMDB   8.4
88 mins Japan / Japanese
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   NR (Not Rated)
Machiko Kyô Masago
Masayuki Mori Takehiro
Takashi Shimura Woodcutter
Minoru Chiaki Priest
Kichijiro Ueda Commoner
Fumiko Honma Medium
Daisuke Katô Policeman
Director
Akira Kurosawa
Producer Minoru Jingo
Masaichi Nagata
Writer Akira Kurosawa
Shinobu Hashimoto
Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
Musician Fumio Hayasaka


In ancient Japan a crime take place as told from three different travelers who have experienced the crime: a man being killed and his wife being raped. Which if any of the stories is true? A Akira Kurosawa film about morals, truth, and communication.
Edition Details
Edition Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion Collection
Release Date 11/6/2012
Packaging Jewel Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Mono [Japanese]
SUB [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Audio commentary by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie Interview with director Robert Altman about Rashomon Excerpts from The World of Kazuo Miyagawa, a documentary on Rashomon's cinematographer A Testimony as an Image, a sixty-eight-minute documentary featurig interviews with cast and crew Archival audio interview with actor Takashi Shimura Original and rerelease trailers