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Rashomon

8/10

Rating

88 min

Runtime

1950

Release Year

Akira Kurosawa

Director

Cast

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

Quick Synopsis

In a forest near the city of Kyoto, four individuals—a woodcutter, a priest, a bandit, and the wife of a murdered samurai—each provide their own conflicting accounts of the events surrounding the samurai's death and the assault on his wife. As their stories unfold, the truth becomes difficult to determine, revealing the complexities of human perception and the elusive nature of reality.

Detailed Synopsis of Rashomon

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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