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Rashomon (1950)

NR 12/26/1950 (US) Crime, Drama, Mystery 1h 28m

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The husband, the wife… or the bandit?

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Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

Akira Kurosawa

Director, Screenplay
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Novel
Shinobu Hashimoto

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Toshirō Mifune

Tajômaru
Machiko Kyō

Masako
Takashi Shimura

Woodcutter
Masayuki Mori

Takehiro
Minoru Chiaki

Priest
Kichijirō Ueda

Commoner
Noriko Honma

Medium
Daisuke Katō

Policeman

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

70%

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on May 31, 2023

A good movie.

Despite acknowledging the quality and attention to detail, I can't really enjoy Japanese cinema. Maybe because it's so different from what we have around here. But even being so different, we have to recognize the talent of those who have it. Akira Kurosawa is a director with a sharp eye and detail, who knows how to direct the people under his command and extract from each one what he needs for the film he has in hand.

This film seemed to me to be a lot more complicated than it would have been presumed, and I must say that I decided to watch it without knowing very well... read the rest.

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