Rashomon
1950 | Drama | Japan | Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Overview
A crime recounted four ways, each witness protecting their own vanity. Kurosawa pointed cameras directly at the sun, into rain and forests, and invented the subjective narrative film. The 1951 Venice Golden Lion opened Western doors to Japanese cinema. The Rashomon effect entered the language for irreconcilable testimony. Toshiro Mifune became an international star by grinning like a wolf.
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