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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.
LIBRA DVD 015 808
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927. Yabu no naka, author.
- 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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