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Title:
Rashōmon [DVD]
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[DVD] / Daiei seisaku ; seisaku Minoura Jingo ; kyakuhon Kurosawa Akira, Hashimoto Shinobu ; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.
Uniform Title:
Rashōmon (Motion picture)
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780780024595
Series:
General Note:
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."
Abstract:
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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Credits:
Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa.
Performer:
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato.
Technical Details:
DVD, RSDL dual-layer presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Language:
Japanese or English language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.