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

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, ©2002.
Description1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorMinoura, Jingo.
Other author/creatorKurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
Other author/creatorKyō, Machiko, 1924-2019
Other author/creatorMifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
Other author/creatorMori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
Other author/creatorMiyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999.
Other author/creatorShimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
Other author/creatorChiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999.
Other author/creatorUeda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972.
Other author/creatorHonma, Fumiko.
Other author/creatorKatō, Daisuke, 1911-1975.
Other author/creatorAkutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927. Yabu no naka.
Other author/creatorDaiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Other author/creatorHome Vision (Firm)
Uniform titleRashōmon (Motion picture)
Cover title Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon
Variant title Also known as: In the woods
Variant title Rasho-Mon
SeriesClassic collection
Criterion collection ; 138
Criterion collection 138. ^A458475
Classic collection. ^A686172
Abstract 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.
General note1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound.
General noteBased on In a bush by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
General noteOriginally issued as a motion picture in 1950 by Daiei, Japan.
General noteSpecial 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.
CreditsDirector, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto.
Cast Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageSoundtracks in Japanese or English; English subtitles.
ISBN0780024591
ISBN9780780024595
Publisher numberRAS040 Criterion Collection