Story Line
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
“The husband, the wife… or the bandit?”
Top Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Tajômaru
Machiko Kyō
Masako
Takashi Shimura
Woodcutter
Masayuki Mori
Takehiro
Minoru Chiaki
Priest
Kichijirō Ueda
Commoner
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Rating
8.0/ 10
Release Date
1950-08-26
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
CrimeDramaMystery
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User Reviews (3)
The Movie Diorama
10/10
•1/17/2020Rashomon beguiles through the torrential downpour of fabrication. “It’s human to lie. Most of the time we can’t even be honest with ourselves”. Honesty. Deceit. Contradiction. A crucial part of human preservation is the requirement to lie. Intentiona...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•2/10/2023In what seems like an endless, almost biblical, rainstorm we meet three people sheltering in the ruins of an old gatehouse. Each has their own story to tell of the rape of a woman and of the murder of her husband. It was the woodcutter (Takashi Shimu...
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/10
•5/31/2023**A good movie.**
Despite acknowledging the quality and attention to detail, I can't really enjoy Japanese cinema. Maybe because it's so different from what we have around here. But even being so different, we have to recognize the talent of those...