| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Akira Kurosawa Collection |
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Akira Kurosawa collection.
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| Summary |
Ninth century Kyoto; the rape of a nobleman's bride and his possible murder are the subject of four different accounts, three by participants, one by an eye-witness. Kurosawa takes a cynical view of the ability of human beings to twist the truth to preserve the idea they have of themselves. Presented as a mosaic involving double flashbacks, Rashomon, in Donald Richie's words is 'like a vast distorting mirror, or better, a collection of prisms that reflect and refract reality'. While not free from subjectivity the version of the woodcutter witness is of a different order to those of the three participants. Kurosawa reserves some kind of humanistic affirmation for the woodcutter who emerges as hero in the framing story |
| Notes |
"EYE2118" |
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Based on "In a bush" and "Rashomon" by Ryunosuki Akutagawa |
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Originally released as a motion picture by Daiei, 1950 |
| Credits |
Directed by Akira Kurosawa ; scenario by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto |
| Cast |
Tashiro Mifune (Tajomaru, the bandit), Machiko Kyo (the woman), Masayuki Mori (the man), Takashi Shimura (firewood dealer), Minoru Chiaki (priest) |
| Notes |
DVD, Region 4, PAL |
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Japanese dialogue, English subtitles |
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Available to Deakin staff and students only |
| Subject |
Feature films, Japanese
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927.
Rashōmon
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
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Kyō, Machiko, 1924-
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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