Title:
Rashōmon / Daiei seisaku ; seisaku Minoura Jingo ; kyakuhon Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.
ISBN:
9780780024595
Uniform Title:
Rashōmon (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.?] : Criterion Collection, ©2001.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.
Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa.
"Janus Films."
Special features include: commentary by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; video introduction by Robert Altman; excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa (cinematographer); reprints from Rashomon source stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a bush" and "Rashomon"; excerpt about Rashomon from Kurosawa's book "Something like an autobiography"; theatrical trailer.
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
DVD.
Contents:
1. Rashomon gate. -- 2. Evidence of a crime. -- 3. The trial begins. -- 4. Tajomaru's story. -- 5. Lies. -- 6. The woman's story. -- 7. Confusion. -- 8. The dead man's story. -- 9. Frustration. -- 10. The woodcutter's story. -- 11. The way of the world. -- 12. Redemption. -- 12. Color bars.
Summary:
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
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Language Note:
Japanese or English language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.
Performer:
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato.
Production Credits:
Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa.
OCLC Number:
ocm49408382
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
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