- BFI identifier42468
- Date1950 (Copyright)
- Production countryJapan
- Production company
- SynopsisDrama set in 12th century Kyoto. A woodcutter witnesses a horrific series of events - an ambush, rape and murder. In the telling of the story, however, each of the four participants gives a very different account of what happened. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe Academy Honorary Award (1951) was given for Most Outstanding Foreign Language Film
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Subject
- Credits
- CastToshiro Mifune (Tajomaru, the bandit)
Machiko Kyo (Masago, the wife)
Takashi Shimura (the woodcutter)
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Title
Rashomon (Original)
In the Woods (Alternative)
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