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. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Minoura, Jingo. |
| Other author/creator | Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. |
| Other author/creator | Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019 |
| Other author/creator | Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997. |
| Other author/creator | Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973. |
| Other author/creator | Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999. |
| Other author/creator | Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982. |
| Other author/creator | Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999. |
| Other author/creator | Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972. |
| Other author/creator | Honma, Fumiko. |
| Other author/creator | Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975. |
| Other author/creator | Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke, 1892-1927. Yabu no naka. |
| Other author/creator | Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha. |
| Other author/creator | Criterion Collection (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Home Vision (Firm) |
| Uniform title | Rashōmon (Motion picture) |
| Cover title | Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon |
| Variant title | Also known as: In the woods |
| Variant title | Rasho-Mon |
| Series | Classic 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 note | 1.33:1 aspect ratio; RSDL dual layer; high definition transfer with restored image and sound. |
| General note | Based on In a bush by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. |
| General note | Originally issued as a motion picture in 1950 by Daiei, Japan. |
| General note | 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. |
| Credits | Director, Akira Kurosawa ; writers, Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto. |
| Cast | Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Soundtracks in Japanese or English; English subtitles. |
| ISBN | 0780024591 |
| ISBN | 9780780024595 |
| Publisher number | RAS040 Criterion Collection |