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
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
Credits
(18)
©: Ltd. Daiei Co., Production Company: Daiei, Producer: Jinkichi Minoru, Sojiro Motoki, Assistant Director: Tai Kato, Assistant Director: Mitsuo Wakasugi, Tokuzô Tanaka, Screenplay: Akira Kurosawa, Screenplay: Shinobu Hashimoto, Based on the stories 'Rashomon' and 'In a Grove' by: Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Director of Photography: Kazuo Miyagawa, Lighting: Kenichi Okamoto, Editor: Shigeo Nishida, Art Director: So Matsuyama, Music: Fumio Hayasaka, Sound Recording: Iwao Ôtani, Sound Effects: Shoichi Yamane
Cast
(8)
Toshiro Mifune (Tajomaru, the bandit), Machiko Kyo (Masago, the wife), Takashi Shimura (the woodcutter), Masayuki Mori (Takehiro Kanazawa, the nobleman), Minoru Chiaki (the priest), Kichijiro Ueda (the servant), Fumiko Homma (the medium), Daisuke Katô (the policeman)