Rashōmon [videorecording] / In the Woods. Rasho-Mon. - [Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, c2001. - 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. - Criterion Collection ; 138. Classic collection. . - Criterion collection ; 138. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) .

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa. Run time: approx. 88 min. Aspect ratio 1.33:1. "Janus Films." Special features: New high-definition digital transfer ; commentary by Donald Richie ; video introduction by Robert Altman ; excerpts from The world of Kazuo Miyagawa ; reprints of the Rashomon source stories, Ryunosuke Akutagawa's "In a grove" and "Rashomon" ; Akira Kurosawa on Rashomon (excerpt from his book Something like an autobiography) ; theatrical trailer ; new English subtitle translation ; RSDL dual-layer ed.

Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa. Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa.

Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato.

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.


DVD.


Japanese or English language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.

0780024591

037429161821

RAS040 Criterion Collection


Murder--Japan--Drama.
Rape--Japan--Drama.
Samurai--Japan--Drama.
Subjectivity--Drama.
Memory--Drama.
Feature films--Japan.
Motion pictures--Japan.