RC-1084

Rashomon

The film opens on a woodcutter (; ''Kikori'', played by Takashi Shimura) and a priest (; ''Tabi Hōshi'', Minoru Chiaki) sitting beneath the Rajōmon to stay dry in a downpour. A commoner (Kichijiro Ueda) joins them and they tell him that they have witnessed a disturbing story, which they then begin recounting to him. The woodcutter claims he found the body of a murdered samurai three days earlier while looking for wood in the forest; upon discovering the body, he says, he fled in a panic to notify the authorities. The priest says that he saw the samurai with his wife traveling the same day the murder happened. Both men are then summoned to testify in court, where they meet the captured bandit Tajōmaru (), who claims to have set the samurai free after encountering him in the forest.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Screenplay

Shinobu Hashimoto · Akira Kurosawa · Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune · Machiko Kyō · Masayuki Mori · Takashi Shimura · Minoru Chiaki

Genre

Crime · Drama

Runtime

88 min

Country

Japan

Music

Fumio Hayasaka

Cinematography

Kazuo Miyagawa

Awards

León de Oro · Óscar honorífico

Based on

En el bosque (cuento) · Rashōmon

Rating

NR (USA)

Studio

RKO Radio Pictures

Budget

250,000 $

Box office

96,568 $

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