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羅生門 (Rashōmon) [Rashomon]

Film Synopsis

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s short story ‘In a Grove’, published in 1922, became the basis for the 1950 film from Akira Kurosawa ‘Rashōmon’, one of the first Japanese films to gain worldwide critical acclaim. ‘The Rashōmon Effect’ has become a byword for the literary technique where the same event is presented via the different and incompatible testimonies from the characters involved. 

Rashomon was Akira Kurosawa’s 11th film as a director and his international breakthrough. The story, based on two short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, features a horrible crime which is told through various conflicting points of view, raising questions about the nature of truth.

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Film Details

Alternate Titles: Rashomon

Language: Japanese

Original Production Country: Japan

Original Release Year: 1950

Original Elements Held By: NFAJ (NFC)

Original Distribution Company: Daiei Film Co. Ltd.

Production Company: Daiei Film Co. Ltd.

Executive Producer:

Producer: Masaichi Nagata, Minoru Jingo

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writer: 

Cinematography: Kazuo Miyagawa

Editor: Akiro Kurosawa

Sound Editor:

Music/Score: Fumio Hayasaka

Narrator:

Other Credits: Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori

Aspect Ratio:

Colour System: B/W

Duration: 88 mins

Restoration Details

Status: Released

Country Where Restored: United States

Restoration Release Date: 18 September 2008

Country Restoration First Screened: United States

Lab Image Restored By: Lowry Digital, Burbank, CA

Lab Audio Restored By: Audio Mechanics, Burbank, CA

Archive Partner(s) In Restoration: Academy Film Archive, Los Angeles

Restoration Funded By: Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation and The Film Foundation

Restoration Premiere: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater, 18 September 2008

Genre
Awards

Golden Lion (1951 Venice Film Festival)

Film Facts
Website
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  • Rashomon Premieres at the Academy
  • Rashomon [Akiro Kurosawa info]
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Educational Materials
Info Source

The Film Foundation; Japan Times

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Since 2012, Restoration Asia has been a showcase for the work of archives, technical service providers and distributors in their efforts to preserve the audio-visual heritage of Asia.

Restoration Asia is coordinated by OWL Studio, and is designed for archivists, scholars, students and professionals as well as those with a shared passion for the preservation and restoration of Asian Cinema & Asia’s cinematographic history.

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