Rashômon

Brimming with action while dissecting the nature of truth, Akira Kurosawa's early masterpiece took Japanese film to the world stage. The film explores the complexities of human nature through contradictory flashbacks, as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. Toshirô Mifune gives a commanding performance as the bandit on trial. In Japanese with English subtitles. Writers: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, from stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. Director: Akira Kurosawa. (Japan 1950) 87 min.

Presented as part of the Essential Art House Series