Rashomon (1950)

Movie Details

Original Title 羅生門

Original Language JA

Budget $250,000

Revenue $117,668

Status Released

Popularity 3.6

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Tajômaru

Popularity: 5.4

Machiko Kyō

Masako

Popularity: 2.3

Takashi Shimura

Woodcutter

Popularity: 2.7

Masayuki Mori

Takehiro

Popularity: 1.4

Minoru Chiaki

Priest

Popularity: 1.9

Kichijirō Ueda

Commoner

Popularity: 1.6

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Noriko Honma

Medium

Popularity: 1.2

Daisuke Katō

Policeman

Popularity: 3.6

Key Crew

Director Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto

Producer Jingo Minoura

Executive Producer Masaichi Nagata

Editor Akira Kurosawa

Production

Daiei Film

Videos & Trailers

BFI Re-Release Trailer

Trailer

Rashômon (1950) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Trailer

Robert Altman on Rashomon

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

dying and death japan samurai rape court case court truth rain woodcutter subjectivity medium sunlight black and white criminal based on short story multiple perspectives jidaigeki philosophical heian period

Reviews from TMDB

The Movie Diorama 10/10

Jan 17, 2020

Rashomon beguiles through the torrential downpour of fabrication. “It’s human to lie. Most of the time we can’t even be honest with ourselves”. Honesty. Deceit. Contradiction. A crucial part of human preservation is the requirement to lie. Intentional or accidental, it’s within our ancestr ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Feb 10, 2023

In what seems like an endless, almost biblical, rainstorm we meet three people sheltering in the ruins of an old gatehouse. Each has their own story to tell of the rape of a woman and of the murder of her husband. It was the woodcutter (Takashi Shimura) who discovered the body and who alerted the au ... Read more

Filipe Manuel Neto 7/10

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 ... Read more