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Rashomon (DVD)

Toshir( Mifune (actor), Machiko Ky( (actor) and Akira Kurosawa (director)
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Review

Premiere, 12/01/2003, p.C5, "A look at RASHOMON's exquisite visuals makes it apparent that Sergio Leone's westerns were inspired by more than just Akira Kurosawa's plots."

Sight and Sound, 01/01/2002, p.60, "...What really gives the film its impact is less the multi-layered narrative than the dynamic direction and powerhouse performance from Toshiro Mifune..."

Title Note

The laserdisc version of "Rashomon" has a Japanese soundtrack (with English subtitles) on one track, and an English soundtrack on the other.

Additional cast members: Kichijiro Ueda (The Commoner); Fumiko Homma (The Medium)

Winner of the Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival and an Honorary Academy Award -- it was voted by the Board of Governors as the most outstanding foreign language film released in the United States during 1951 (statuette). "Rashomon" also received two National Board of Review Awards in 1951: Best Director and Five Best Foreign Films of the Year.

Voted One of the Top Ten Films of All Time in the 1992 SIGHT AND SOUND International Film Directors' Poll.

"Rashomon" is the film that established Kurosawa on the international art house circuit. It was remade as "The Outrage," a 1964 American western directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman.

The print used for the Home Vision Cinema VHS version is from the Janus collection.

Release Note

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Mono - Japanese
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Donald Richie - Japanese Film Historian
Introduction - Robert Altman
Excerpts from Featurette - 1. THE WORLD OF KAZUO MIYAGAWA
Text/Galleries:
Excerpts from SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Akira Kurosawa

Product Notes

Akira Kurosawa's highly acclaimed film, set in feudal Japan, presents an intriguing tale of violent crime in the woods, told from the perspective of four different characters--a bandit (Toshirô Mifune), a woman (Machiko Kyô), her husband (Masayuki Mori), and a woodcutter (Takashi Shimura). Only two things about the incident seem to be clear--the woman was raped and her husband is now dead. However, the other elements radically differ as the four participants and/or witnesses relate their own stories (with the dead man, eerily enough, speaking through a medium). As each account is revealed, what seemed black and white turns to various hues of gray, leading to surprising--and confounding--relevations.

A landmark of international cinema, RASHOMON won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, bringing both Kurosawa--and Japanese film in general--to the attention of Western audiences. From the rain-soaked opening sequence to its moving conclusion, the film is a stunning examination of truth and human nature. The entire cast is pitch-perfect, with regular Kurosawa lead actors Mifune and Shimura giving typically outstanding performances. While critics and cinephiles debate over exactly how many masterpieces Kurosawa directed, RASHOMON stands as one of the revered filmmaker's indisputably brilliant motion pictures. In fact, the film's influence is so pervasive that it has inspired everything from a high profile Hollywood remake (THE OUTRAGE starring Paul Newman) to numerous tributes in movies such as COURAGE UNDER FIRE and THE USUAL SUSPECTS.

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