Rashōmon /

Rashōmon /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Rashōmon (Motion picture)
Imprint:	[Irvington, NY?] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
Description:	1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	Japanese English
Series:	Criterion Collection ; 138 Classic collection Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 138. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject:	Murder -- Japan -- Drama. Rape -- Japan -- Drama. Samurai -- Japan -- Drama. Subjectivity -- Drama. Memory -- Drama. Memory. Murder. Rape. Samurai. Subjectivity. Japan. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Detective and mystery films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Samurai films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4582093

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Other authors / contributors:	Minoura, Jingo. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998 Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918- Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997 Kyo, Machiko, 1924- Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973 Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982 Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999 Ueda, Kichijiro. Honma, Fumiko. Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975. Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999 Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha. Criterion Collection (Firm) Janus Films.
ISBN:	0780024591
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa. "Janus Films." Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa. Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato. DVD, RSDL dual-layer presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1. Japanese or English language soundtrack (mono) with optional English subtitles.
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.
Standard no.:	037429161821
Publisher's no.:	RAS040 Criterion Collection

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