Rashomon

is a Japanese movie directed by Akira Kurosawa and released in 1950.

The movie is based on two short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Kurasawa, Akira. (1987).  Rashōmon (translator, Donald Richie), p. 115.

Plot
The fictional plot is set in Japan in the Heian period.Kurasawa,  p. 115; Akutagawa, Ryūnosuke. (1915).     "Rashomon"; retrieved 2011-12-10.

There is a murder and rape in a forest: these things happen to different characters.
The movie is famous for having an unusual type of story. The same event is described differently by the four different people involved in it. Most movies describe the same things in one way during the entire movie. The four people said different things. The movie does not say which person is right.

Similar movies 
The 1964 movie The Outrage was a remake of Rashomon. Kurosawa was acknowledged for the screenplay.  The movie's concept is also mirrored in many other movies, including Hero, Vantage Point, Courage Under Fire and Basic.

 Related pages 
 Rashomon effect
 Unreliable narrator
 Blind men and an elephant

 References 

 Other websites 


 Criterion Collection,  Rashomon, essays 

Category:1950 movies
Category:Japanese movies
Category:Japanese-language movies
Category:Movies directed by Akira Kurosawa