Rashōmon
1950 • 88 min • Crime · Drama · Mystery
Our family guide
Best from age 14- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 80 Audience · 2552 · 47%
Ce drame japonais classique explore un crime choquant – le meurtre d'un samouraï et l'agression de sa femme – à travers quatre perspectives contradictoires. À travers ces récits, le film plonge dans la nature insaisissable de la vérité et de la mémoire. C'est un regard captivant sur la perception humaine.
- Violence & peril
- 6/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 5/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Discussions d'un crime violent et d'une agression sexuelle
- Thèmes intenses de tromperie et de trahison
- Combat à l'épée stylisé et lutte
What it models well
- Vérité et perception
- Justice et équité
- Nature humaine
Talk about it after
- Comment différentes personnes peuvent voir le même événement différemment
- Les défis de la recherche de la vérité objective
- La fiabilité de la mémoire
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Top billed cast
Director: Akira Kurosawa • Crew: Shinobu Hashimoto, Akira Kurosawa
Trailers & clips
BFI Re-Release Trailer
Rashômon (1950) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
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Reviewer notes
Recommended**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 who have it.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersIn 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 Shimura) who discovered the body and who alerted the authorities.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersRashomon 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. Intentional or accidental, it’s within our ancestral blood.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 8.0/10 (2,552)
- Age rating
- NR
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $250,000
- Box office
- $117,668
- IMDb
- tt0042876
