Rashomon
Classics Restored & Reissued
A brilliant and dazzling classic that explores one sequence of events from multiple perspectives.
A story of violence and mystery, the plot revolves around the murder of a samurai and the violation of his wife in a forest, and the attempts to find the culprit through the wildly differing versions of those present at the incident
They are a woodcutter who was passing through the area; the samurai’s wife; the victim himself, summoned by a medium to participate in the trial; and the main suspect, a notorious bandit played by Mifune, whose performance and range of emotion was internationally regarded as magnetic and feral.
Not many movies make such an impact that their names enter the language. ‘Rashomon’ is such a movie