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Rashomon / Kadokawa Pictures ; director, Akira Kurosawa.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Videos Rashomon
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 138.
- Criterion collection ; 138
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Japan--Drama.
- Rape--Japan--Drama.
- Samurai--Japan--Drama.
- Subjectivity--Drama.
- Memory--Drama.
- Memory.
- Murder.
- Rape.
- Samurai.
- Subjectivity.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- DVD-Video discs.
- Japanese language films.
- Crime films
- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Crime films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- DVD special edition.
- Other Title:
- Title appears on container as: Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon
- Original Japanese title: 羅生門
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
- Language Note:
- Japanese or dubbed English dialogue; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, region 1, (1.33:1) aspect ratio; Dolby Digital.
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- A riveting psychological thriller that investigates the nature of truth and the meaning of justice, widely considered one of the greatest films ever made. Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. This eloquent masterwork and international sensation revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema, and a commanding new star.
- Contents:
- Chapter one: Rashomon gate
- Chapter two: Evidence of a crime
- Chapter three: The trial begins
- Chapter four: Tajomaru's story
- Chapter five: Lies
- Chapter six: The woman's story
- Chapter seven: Confusion
- Chapter eight: The dead man's story
- Chapter nine: Frustration
- Chapter ten: The woodcutter's story
- Chapter eleven: The way of the world
- Chapter twelve: Redemption
- Chapter thirteen: Color bars.
- Participant:
- Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori.
- Credits:
- Satsuei, Miyagawa Kazuo ; bijutsu, Matsuyama Takashi ; ongaku, Hayasaka Fumio.
- Notes:
- Title from web page.
- Based on two stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
- Release date: Nov. 6, 2012.
- Special 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 ; a testimony as an image, a sixty-eight-minute documentary ; archival audio interview with actor Takashi Shimura ; original and release trailers.
- Contains:
- Container of: Rashōmon (Motion picture)
- Container of : Rashōmon (Motion picture). English.
- ISBN:
- 9781604656541
- 1604656549
- 9781604650730
- 1604650737
- OCLC:
- 813847797
- Publisher Number:
- 715515101011
- CC2202DDVD The Criterion Collection
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