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Title:
Rashomon [DVD video]
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Edition:
DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (44 pages).
ISBN:
9781604656541
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from container.
At head of title on container: Akira Kurosawa's.
Based on Yabu no naka (In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
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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.
Booklet features an essay by film historian Stephen Prince; an exerpt from director Akira Kurosawa's "Something like an autobiography"; and reprints of Rashomon's two source stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, "Rashomon" and "In a grove."
Performers:
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori.
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.
Technical Details:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, (1.33:1) aspect ratio; Dolby Digital.
Language:
Japanese
jpn eng eng jpn
Additional Language:
Japanese or dubbed English dialogue; English subtitles.
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Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
