- Film ID:
- 5901
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DVD Available from Shop
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Film cert:
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Running time:
- DVD=86 min.
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Nationality(ies):
- Japan.
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Primary Language(s):
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Japanese.
RASHOMON
(1950)
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Categories
Classics.
Art House.
Critics' Top 100.
Dave T's Platinum Picks.
Drama.
Thriller.
Peoples' Choice.
12th Century.
Murder Mystery.
Oscar (Best Foreign Language).
Venice Film Festival Best Film.
Guardian 1000 Must See (2007).
Historical.
Recommended.
Review
Set in medieval Kyoto, this is an engrossing tale of rape and murder in which contradictory accounts of events are later related from the perspectives of four of those involved. A film which awakened the West to the richness of Japanese cinema.
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