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Rashōmon / Janus Films ; [Daiei Co. Ltd.] ; produced by Jingo Minoura ; screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and Shinobu Hashimoto ; cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa ; directed by Akira Kurosawa.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927. Yabu no naka, author.
Contributor:
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998, screenwriter, director.
Minoura, Jingo, producer.
Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018, screenwriter.
Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997, actor.
Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019, actor.
Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982, actor.
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, actor.
Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999, actor.
Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999, director of photography.
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955, composer.
Janus Films, producer.
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, producer.
Criterion Collection (Firm), distributor.
Series:
AK100 (Criterion Collection (Firm)) ; disc 10.
25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
AK100 ; [disc 10]
25 films by Akira Kurosawa
Language:
English
Japanese
Subjects (All):
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927--Film adaptations.
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke.
Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
Murder--Japan--Drama.
Murder.
Rape--Japan--Drama.
Rape.
Japan.
Genre:
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Edition:
Fullscreen presentation.
Other Title:
AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa.
Place of Publication:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2009]
Language Note:
In Japanese with optional subtitles in English.
System Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; mono.
digital
optical
mono
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove, seen from four different perspectives. Akira Kurosawa's meditation on the nature of "truth" transformed narrative cinema as we know it.
Participant:
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori, Minoru Chiaki.
Credits:
Production design, Takashi Matsuyama ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Notes:
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Credits from English subtitles and book which accompanies set.
Based on "In a grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.
Issued as part of the box set AK100 : 25 films by Akira Kurosawa with book included (96 p. : ill. ; 19 x 31 cm.).
ISBN:
9781604652260
1604652268
OCLC:
476226421
Publisher Number:
715515052016
AK100D10 Criterion Collection
CC1858D Criterion Collection (set)

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