Rashomon (Original title)In the Woods (Alternative title)
Date: 1950 (Copyright)Country: JapanDirector: Akira Kurosawa
Production company billing: [restored print] ©1950. Daiei Co., Ltd.
Synopsis: Drama 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.
Genres: Crime, Period drama
Subjects: Memory, Rape
Releases
Date: 25 August 1950Country: JapanRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7900 FeetLanguage: Japanese
Date: 26 December 1951Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoLanguage: Japanese
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Dialogue (original): Japanese / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2020Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): Japanese
Title: Adapting female agency: rape in The Outrage and RashomonAuthor: Lofgren, Erik R.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines the treatment of rape in Akira Kurosawa's 'Rashomon' (1950) and Martin Ritt's remake 'The Outrage' (1964). Suggests that Ritt's use of the western genre, together with the advent of second-wave feminism, allows more space for the female voice than does Kurosawa's original film.
In: Empire n232 October 2008 Page: 172
Title: At home/DVD reissues: RashomonAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Studies n11 Winter 2007 Pages: 27-36
Title: Where the human heart goes astray: Rashomon, Boomtown...Author: MARTINEZ, Dolores Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...and subjective experience". Article discussing the role of the city in the creation of the subjective self, with reference to RASHOMON and the TV series BOOMTOWN, both of which use multiple perspectives to construct their stories.
In: Sight and Sound v17 n6 June 2007 Page: 12
Title: Rushes: Country and easternAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Spanish director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo discusses the influe nce of American film noir and Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON on h is thriller La NOCHE DE LOS GIRASOLES.
In: Continuum v19 n2 June 2005 Page: [whole issue]
Title: Popular Cultures and the LawLanguage: English
Description: Special issue devoted to popular cultures and the law. The articles including the medium of film and television, cite examples such as Clint Eastwood's The UNFORGIVEN, MINORITY REPORT, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, RASHOMON, ANATOMY OF A MURDER.
In: Sight and Sound v12 n1 January 2002 Page: 60
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Asian Cinema v13 n2 Aut/Win 2002 Pages: 115-128
Title: Critical Reception of RASHOMON in the WestAuthor: SMITH, Greg M. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the screening of the film in September 1951 at the Venice Film Festival and subsequent 1951-52 release in the United States and Europe - where few viewers had seen any film from Japan.
In: Positif n461/462 Jul/Aug 1999 Pages: 64-67
Title: Rashômon: chiemins qui ne menent nulle partAuthor: LESTOCART, Louis-José Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v20 n1 1992 Pages: 55-60
Title: Law and Kurosawa's RashomonAuthor: MEDINE, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines the legal issues that arise in Kurosawa's films, focusing on the 1950 production RASHOMON.
In: The Listener v122 n3134 5 Oct 1989 Page: 39
Title: [The Listener - v122 n3134 5 Oct 1989: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v15 n3 1987 Pages: 155-158
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v15 n3 1987: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on the transmutation from short story to film.
In: The Listener v115 n2966 26 Jun 1986 Page: 29
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2966 26 Jun 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: Post Script v6 n1 Autumn 1986 Pages: Autumn 5-31
Title: [Post Script - v6 n1 Autumn 1986: no known title]Language: English
Description: Philosophic dialogue on film, with particular reference to RASHOMON and CITIZEN KANE.
In: Post Script v6 n1 Autumn 1986 Pages: Autumn 53-65
Title: [Post Script - v6 n1 Autumn 1986: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on locating truth in film 1940-1980, looking at this film, CITIZEN KANE, l'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD, the ACT OF SEEING WITH ONE'S OWN EYES and CARMEN (dir. Carlos Saura)
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v10 n2 1982 Pages: 120-129
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v10 n2 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v10 n2 1982
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v10 n2 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2334 20 Mar 1952 Page: 28
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2334 20 Mar 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n1 5 Jan 1952 Page: 44
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n1 5 Jan 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Cahiers du Cinéma v2 n12 May 1952 Page: 53
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v2 n12 May 1952: no known title]Language: French
In: Today's Cinema v78 n6459 11 Mar 1952 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6459 11 Mar 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n220 May 1952 Page: 61
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n220 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Téléciné n34 1952
Title: [Téléciné - n34 1952: no known title]Language: French
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n2 12 Jan 1952 Page: 1186
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n2 12 Jan 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v22 n1 Jul/Sep 1952 Page: 28
Title: [Sight and Sound - v22 n1 Jul/Sep 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v3 n1 January 1952 Page: 34
Title: [Films in Review - v3 n1 January 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 19 Sep 1951
Title: [Variety - 19 Sep 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Theatre Arts v35 n12 December 1951 Page: 94
Title: [Theatre Arts - v35 n12 December 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v21 n2 Oct/Dec 1951 Page: 90
Title: [Sight and Sound - v21 n2 Oct/Dec 1951: no known title]Language: English
Description: Under "Venice".
In: Today's Cinema v77 n6327 31 Aug 1951 Page: 3
Title: [Today's Cinema - v77 n6327 31 Aug 1951: no known title]Language: English
Author: Anderer, Paul Pages: vii, 248 pages
Title: Compound cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I
Author: HASHIMOTO, Shinobu Pages: 251 pages
Title: Film analysis: a Norton Reader
Author: GEIGER, Jeffrey Pages: xvii, 1134 pages
Description: Also discusses Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895-1897).
Title: Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying
Author: Lehman, Peter Pages: xvii, 419 p.
Title: Waiting on the weather: making movies with Akira Kurosawa
Author: NOGAMI, Teruyo Pages: 296p.
Title: Framed: women in law and film
Author: KAMIR, Orit Pages: xix, 324 p.
Title: Make believe in film and fiction: visual vs. verbal storytelling
Author: KROEBER, Karl Pages: 228 p.
Title: Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying
Author: Lehman, Peter Pages: xviii, 397 p.
Title: Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying
Author: Lehman, Peter Pages: vii-xi, 311p.
Title: Action and image: dramatic structure in cinema
Author: Armes, Roy Pages: vii-x. 198p.
Title: The tools of screenwriting: a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay
Author: HOWARD, David Pages: 298p.
Title: Film and the interpretive process: a study of Blow-Up, Rashomon, Citizen Kane, 8.5, Vertigo and Persona
Author: BOYD, David Pages: 236p.
Title: Philosophy of the film: epistemology, ontology, aesthetics
Author: JARVIE, Ian Pages: 392 pages
Title: Rashomon
Author: KUROSAWA, Akira Pages: 201p.
Title: Focus on Rashomon
Author: RICHIE, Donald Pages: 185p.
Description: RASHOMON pp. 144-165
Title: film idea
Author: SOLOMON, Stanley J Pages: 403p.
Description: BRONENOSETS POTYOMKIN pp. 304-316 INTOLERANCE pp. 122-134 Der LETZTE MANN pp. 172-184 M (1931) pp. 93-203 The MALTESE FALCON pp. 210-221 The MARK OF ZERO (1920) pp. 154-164, 272-275 RASHOMON pp. 278-294 David Wark GRIFFITH pp. 108-134 Harold LLOYD pp. 144-153
Title: Renaissance of the film
Author: BELLONE, Julius Pages: 366p.
Description: l' ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD pp. 127-146 the APU TRILOGY pp. 9-23 CITIZEN KANE pp. 60-70 La DOLCE VITA pp. 79-90 HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR pp. 105-126 KUMONOSU-JO pp. 289-305 LOLA pp. 147-156 RASHOMON pp. 198-210 The SERVANT pp. 220-231 La STRADA pp. 264-276 TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE pp. 241-254 TYSTNADEN pp. 255-263 UGETSU MONOGATARI pp. 306-315 VIRIDIANA pp. 330-339
Title: Rashomon: a film by Akira Kurosawa
Author: KUROSAWA, Akira Pages: 256p.
Title: films of Akira Kurosawa
Author: RICHIE, Donald Pages: 218p.
Title: Filmstudien II; Beitrage des Filmseminars im Institut fur Publizistik an der Universtat Munster
Author: HAGEMANN, Walter Pages: (8), 82p.
Description: Bibliography at ends of chapters. RASHOMON pp. 15-31 Carol, Sir REED pp. 1-13
Title: Rashomon, regie (1950) Akira Kurosawa .... Einfuhrung
Author: HALLER, Hans Rudolf Pages: [16]p
Description: Principally stills.
Title: Remaking Kurosawa: translations and permutations in global cinema
Author: MARTINEZ, D.P. Pages: xix, 225 p.
Date: 1950 (Copyright)Country: JapanDirector: Akira Kurosawa
Production company billing: [restored print] ©1950. Daiei Co., Ltd.
Synopsis: Drama 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.
Genres: Crime, Period drama
Subjects: Memory, Rape
Releases
Date: 25 August 1950Country: JapanRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7900 FeetLanguage: Japanese
Date: 26 December 1951Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoLanguage: Japanese
Date: October 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Dialogue (original): Japanese / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 2020Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundDialogue (original): Japanese
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(29)
In: Adaptation v9 n3 2016 Pages: 284-306Title: Adapting female agency: rape in The Outrage and RashomonAuthor: Lofgren, Erik R.Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines the treatment of rape in Akira Kurosawa's 'Rashomon' (1950) and Martin Ritt's remake 'The Outrage' (1964). Suggests that Ritt's use of the western genre, together with the advent of second-wave feminism, allows more space for the female voice than does Kurosawa's original film.
In: Empire n232 October 2008 Page: 172
Title: At home/DVD reissues: RashomonAuthor: Nathan, IanArticle type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Film Studies n11 Winter 2007 Pages: 27-36
Title: Where the human heart goes astray: Rashomon, Boomtown...Author: MARTINEZ, Dolores Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: "...and subjective experience". Article discussing the role of the city in the creation of the subjective self, with reference to RASHOMON and the TV series BOOMTOWN, both of which use multiple perspectives to construct their stories.
In: Sight and Sound v17 n6 June 2007 Page: 12
Title: Rushes: Country and easternAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Spanish director Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo discusses the influe nce of American film noir and Akira Kurosawa's RASHOMON on h is thriller La NOCHE DE LOS GIRASOLES.
In: Continuum v19 n2 June 2005 Page: [whole issue]
Title: Popular Cultures and the LawLanguage: English
Description: Special issue devoted to popular cultures and the law. The articles including the medium of film and television, cite examples such as Clint Eastwood's The UNFORGIVEN, MINORITY REPORT, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, RASHOMON, ANATOMY OF A MURDER.
In: Sight and Sound v12 n1 January 2002 Page: 60
Title: Home movies: reviewsAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Asian Cinema v13 n2 Aut/Win 2002 Pages: 115-128
Title: Critical Reception of RASHOMON in the WestAuthor: SMITH, Greg M. Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: On the screening of the film in September 1951 at the Venice Film Festival and subsequent 1951-52 release in the United States and Europe - where few viewers had seen any film from Japan.
In: Positif n461/462 Jul/Aug 1999 Pages: 64-67
Title: Rashômon: chiemins qui ne menent nulle partAuthor: LESTOCART, Louis-José Article type: ArticleLanguage: French
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v20 n1 1992 Pages: 55-60
Title: Law and Kurosawa's RashomonAuthor: MEDINE, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines the legal issues that arise in Kurosawa's films, focusing on the 1950 production RASHOMON.
In: The Listener v122 n3134 5 Oct 1989 Page: 39
Title: [The Listener - v122 n3134 5 Oct 1989: no known title]Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v15 n3 1987 Pages: 155-158
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v15 n3 1987: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on the transmutation from short story to film.
In: The Listener v115 n2966 26 Jun 1986 Page: 29
Title: [The Listener - v115 n2966 26 Jun 1986: no known title]Language: English
In: Post Script v6 n1 Autumn 1986 Pages: Autumn 5-31
Title: [Post Script - v6 n1 Autumn 1986: no known title]Language: English
Description: Philosophic dialogue on film, with particular reference to RASHOMON and CITIZEN KANE.
In: Post Script v6 n1 Autumn 1986 Pages: Autumn 53-65
Title: [Post Script - v6 n1 Autumn 1986: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article on locating truth in film 1940-1980, looking at this film, CITIZEN KANE, l'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD, the ACT OF SEEING WITH ONE'S OWN EYES and CARMEN (dir. Carlos Saura)
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v10 n2 1982 Pages: 120-129
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v10 n2 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Literature/Film Quarterly v10 n2 1982
Title: [Literature/Film Quarterly - v10 n2 1982: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2334 20 Mar 1952 Page: 28
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2334 20 Mar 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n1 5 Jan 1952 Page: 44
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n1 5 Jan 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Cahiers du Cinéma v2 n12 May 1952 Page: 53
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - v2 n12 May 1952: no known title]Language: French
In: Today's Cinema v78 n6459 11 Mar 1952 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6459 11 Mar 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n220 May 1952 Page: 61
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n220 May 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Téléciné n34 1952
Title: [Téléciné - n34 1952: no known title]Language: French
In: Motion Picture Herald v186 n2 12 Jan 1952 Page: 1186
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v186 n2 12 Jan 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v22 n1 Jul/Sep 1952 Page: 28
Title: [Sight and Sound - v22 n1 Jul/Sep 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v3 n1 January 1952 Page: 34
Title: [Films in Review - v3 n1 January 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 19 Sep 1951
Title: [Variety - 19 Sep 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Theatre Arts v35 n12 December 1951 Page: 94
Title: [Theatre Arts - v35 n12 December 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v21 n2 Oct/Dec 1951 Page: 90
Title: [Sight and Sound - v21 n2 Oct/Dec 1951: no known title]Language: English
Description: Under "Venice".
In: Today's Cinema v77 n6327 31 Aug 1951 Page: 3
Title: [Today's Cinema - v77 n6327 31 Aug 1951: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(22)
Title: Kurosawa's Rashomon: a vanished city, a lost brother, and the voice inside his iconic filmsAuthor: Anderer, Paul Pages: vii, 248 pages
Title: Compound cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I
Author: HASHIMOTO, Shinobu Pages: 251 pages
Title: Film analysis: a Norton Reader
Author: GEIGER, Jeffrey Pages: xvii, 1134 pages
Description: Also discusses Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895-1897).
Title: Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying
Author: Lehman, Peter Pages: xvii, 419 p.
Title: Waiting on the weather: making movies with Akira Kurosawa
Author: NOGAMI, Teruyo Pages: 296p.
Title: Framed: women in law and film
Author: KAMIR, Orit Pages: xix, 324 p.
Title: Make believe in film and fiction: visual vs. verbal storytelling
Author: KROEBER, Karl Pages: 228 p.
Title: Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying
Author: Lehman, Peter Pages: xviii, 397 p.
Title: Thinking about movies: watching, questioning, enjoying
Author: Lehman, Peter Pages: vii-xi, 311p.
Title: Action and image: dramatic structure in cinema
Author: Armes, Roy Pages: vii-x. 198p.
Title: The tools of screenwriting: a writer's guide to the craft and elements of a screenplay
Author: HOWARD, David Pages: 298p.
Title: Film and the interpretive process: a study of Blow-Up, Rashomon, Citizen Kane, 8.5, Vertigo and Persona
Author: BOYD, David Pages: 236p.
Title: Philosophy of the film: epistemology, ontology, aesthetics
Author: JARVIE, Ian Pages: 392 pages
Title: Rashomon
Author: KUROSAWA, Akira Pages: 201p.
Title: Focus on Rashomon
Author: RICHIE, Donald Pages: 185p.
Description: RASHOMON pp. 144-165
Title: film idea
Author: SOLOMON, Stanley J Pages: 403p.
Description: BRONENOSETS POTYOMKIN pp. 304-316 INTOLERANCE pp. 122-134 Der LETZTE MANN pp. 172-184 M (1931) pp. 93-203 The MALTESE FALCON pp. 210-221 The MARK OF ZERO (1920) pp. 154-164, 272-275 RASHOMON pp. 278-294 David Wark GRIFFITH pp. 108-134 Harold LLOYD pp. 144-153
Title: Renaissance of the film
Author: BELLONE, Julius Pages: 366p.
Description: l' ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD pp. 127-146 the APU TRILOGY pp. 9-23 CITIZEN KANE pp. 60-70 La DOLCE VITA pp. 79-90 HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR pp. 105-126 KUMONOSU-JO pp. 289-305 LOLA pp. 147-156 RASHOMON pp. 198-210 The SERVANT pp. 220-231 La STRADA pp. 264-276 TIREZ SUR LE PIANISTE pp. 241-254 TYSTNADEN pp. 255-263 UGETSU MONOGATARI pp. 306-315 VIRIDIANA pp. 330-339
Title: Rashomon: a film by Akira Kurosawa
Author: KUROSAWA, Akira Pages: 256p.
Title: films of Akira Kurosawa
Author: RICHIE, Donald Pages: 218p.
Title: Filmstudien II; Beitrage des Filmseminars im Institut fur Publizistik an der Universtat Munster
Author: HAGEMANN, Walter Pages: (8), 82p.
Description: Bibliography at ends of chapters. RASHOMON pp. 15-31 Carol, Sir REED pp. 1-13
Title: Rashomon, regie (1950) Akira Kurosawa .... Einfuhrung
Author: HALLER, Hans Rudolf Pages: [16]p
Description: Principally stills.
Title: Remaking Kurosawa: translations and permutations in global cinema
Author: MARTINEZ, D.P. Pages: xix, 225 p.