Also Known As: Rashomon
Company: Daiei Motion Picture Company
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Plot: A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Both were summoned to testify at the murder trial, the priest who ran into the samurai and his wife traveling through the forest just before the murder occurred. Three other people who testified at the trial are supposedly the only direct witnesses: a notorious bandit named Tajômaru, who allegedly murdered the samurai and raped his wife; the white veil cloaked wife of the samurai; and the samurai himself who testifies through the use of a medium. The three tell a similarly structured story - that Tajômaru kidnapped and bound the samurai so that he could rape the wife - but which ultimately contradict each other, the motivations and the actual killing being what differ. The woodcutter reveals at Rashômon that he ...
Cast and Character: Toshirô Mifune as Tajômaru / Machiko Kyô as Masako Kanazawa / Masayuki Mori as Takehiro Kanazawa / Takashi Shimura as Woodcutter / Minoru Chiaki as Priest / Kichijirô Ueda as Commoner / Noriko Honma as Medium / Daisuke Katô as Policeman
Trailer: n/A
Creators: n/A
Description: A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view.
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Genres: Crime / Drama
Location: Daiei Tokyo Studios, Tokyo, Japan
MPAA: Unrated
Opening Weekend: n/A
Poster: posters/0042876.jpg
Rating: 8.4
Release Date: 26 December 1951 (USA)
Runtime: 88 min
Seasons: n/A
Sound Mix: Mono
Tagline: The great, exciting Japanese production that brings a new experience to the cinema.
Title: Rashômon
Trailer:
Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/
Votes: 65,676
Writers: Ryûnosuke Akutagawa / Akira Kurosawa
Year: 1950
Rashômon got rated 8.4.
About the movie: A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Both were summoned to testify at the murder trial, the priest who ran into the samurai and his wife traveling through the forest just before the murder occurred. Three other people who testified at the trial are supposedly the only direct witnesses: a notorious bandit named Tajômaru, who allegedly murdered the samurai and raped his wife; the white veil cloaked wife of the samurai; and the samurai himself who testifies through the use of a medium. The three tell a similarly structured story - that Tajômaru kidnapped and bound the samurai so that he could rape the wife - but which ultimately contradict each other, the motivations and the actual killing being what differ. The woodcutter reveals at Rashômon that he ...
Ran got rated 8.3.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo got rated 7.7.
About the movie: Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. There's only one problem..Tom isn't real. Meanwhile Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to leave the screen in other theatres. Will Tom ever return and finish the film or will he decide to stay in the real world?
Il postino got rated 7.6.
About the movie: Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, is exiled to a small island for political reasons. On the island, the unemployed son of a poor fisherman is hired as an extra postman due to the huge increase in mail that this causes. Il Postino is to hand-deliver the celebrity's mail to him. Though poorly educated, the postman learns to love poetry and eventually befriends Neruda. Struggling to grow and express himself more fully, he suddenly falls in love and needs Neruda's help and guidance more than ever.
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