Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Rashomon [videorecording] / [Daiei Co. ; produced by Jingo Minoura ; scenario by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto ; directed by Akira Kurosawa].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: RAS040 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 138. | Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2002.Description: 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780024591
  • 9780780024595
Other title:
  • Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon [Cover title]
  • Also known as: In the woods
  • Rasho-Mon
Uniform titles:
  • Rashåomon (Motion picture)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 01205
Production credits:
  • Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto.
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki.Summary: Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 01205 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000066911

DVD format; Dolby digital mono.

Soundtracks in Japanese or English; English subtitles.

1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound.

Based on In a bush by Ryåunosuke Akutagawa.

Originally issued as a motion picture in 1950 by Daiei, Japan.

Special features include: commentary by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie; video introduction by Robert Altman; excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa (cinematographer); reprints from Rashomon source stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a bush" and "Rashomon"; excerpt about Rashomon from Kurosawa's book "Something like an autobiography"; theatrical trailer.

Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto.

Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki.

Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.