RASHÔMON
Genre
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Language
VOSTA
Duration
88
Rating
About
FILM 101
Lesson #5 - Screenwriting and narrative structure
To conclude the series, RASHOMON explores one of cinema’s most fascinating questions: who gets to tell the story? Through Kurosawa’s innovative narrative structure and the idea of the “Rashomon effect,” this session examines how perspective, storytelling, and the other formal elements of cinema work together to shape meaning.
Synopsis
In 11th-century Japan, a samurai is found dead. Four conflicting accounts are given by a woodcutter, a bandit, the samurai’s wife, and the samurai’s spirit, summoned by a medium. Each tells a different version of the crime—but is anyone telling the truth?
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Actors
Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Takashi Shimura
Country
Japan
Version
Original w/English subtitles
Release year
1950