Rashomon

Titolo originale: 羅生門
Regia: Akira Kurosawa |
Anno: 1950
Origine: Japan |
Generi: Crime Dramma Mistero
Tag: dying and death | japan | samurai | rape | court case | court | truth | rain | woodcutter | subjectivity | medium | sunlight | black and white | criminal | based on short story | multiple perspectives | jidaigeki | thoughtful | philosophical | human nature | witness account | heian period | rashomon effect |
Cast: Toshirō Mifune | Machiko Kyō | Takashi Shimura | Masayuki Mori | Minoru Chiaki | Kichijirō Ueda | Noriko Honma | Daisuke Katō |

Kyoto, periodo Heian. Un boscaiolo, un monaco e un vagabondo si interrogano su una vicenda, l'assassinio di un samurai e lo stupro di sua moglie per mano del bandito Tajômaru, che li ha coinvolti come testimoni. Mentre si susseguono le dichiarazioni dei protagonisti davanti a un tribunale sulla loro versione dei fatti, la verità anziché emergere sembra vieppiù allontanarsi. In un Giappone ancora dilaniato dai lasciti del dopoguerra, Kurosawa Akira ritorna a un'altra epoca di morte e sofferenza, quel periodo Heian in cui di fronte alla porta del tempio di Rashô non scorrevano che sangue, violenza e frode.

Approfondimenti

Italian censorship visa # 11394 delivered on 13 February 1952. D
The title of the film has recently been added to the Oxford English Dictionary as describing "...res [...] D
This film is often given credit for the first time a camera was pointed directly at the sun. In Akir [...] D
In the wife's vision, the music used was only available during post-production. Akira Kurosawa and h [...] D
"Rasho" means "citadel." "Mon" means "gate." Rashômon means the front gate of Heijokyo (Nara City [...] D
In his autobiography, Akira Kurosawa recalled that one of the biggest problems his crew encountered [...] D
Ranked number four non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018. D
The music used while Masako is telling her version of the story sounds quite similar to Maurice Rave [...] D
Directors like Federico Fellini, Woody Allen, Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman and John Huston consider [...] D
Was chosen by Premiere magazine as one of the "100 Movies That Shook the World" in the October 1998 [...] D
In the downpour scenes showing the Rashomon Gate, Akira Kurosawa found that the rain in the backgrou [...] D
Akira Kurosawa asked Toshirô Mifune to model his character's movements after wildlife, particular [...] D
Twice remade (without much success) as American films - "The Outrage" in 1964, which turns the story [...] D
The title "Rashomon" (or main city gate) has become a part of popular culture in the context of the [...] D
Director Akira Kurosawa often shot a scene using multiple cameras filming at the same time - a rarit [...] D
First Akira Kurosawa film to be nominated for an Oscar. D
When Tajômaru is dragging the wife through the forest by the hand, Akira Kurosawa decided the wif [...] D
Tajômaru is despite being in feudal Japan not carrying a Japanese Katana, but rather a Chinese Ji [...] D
Akira Kurosawa: [weather] This movie is known for its use of symbolic weather. Throughout most of it [...] D
During shooting, the cast approached Kurosawa en masse with the script and asked him, "What does it [...] D
Even during high noon the parts of the forest that the crew needed to shoot in were still too dark. [...] D
The film consists of 407 separate shots - more than twice the usual number for a film of this length [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider. D
Often credited as the reason the Academy created the "Best Foreign Film" category. D
The film was acclaimed by Japanese critics, with many of them having high hopes for the film to find [...] D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list. D
This film is part of the Criterion Collection, spine #138. D
Machiko Kyô, who plays the wife character in the movie, was the last surviving member of the cast [...] D
When the film was released internationally to rave reviews, many speculated that Akira Kurosawa was [...] D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd. D
A very early use of the "hand-held" camera technique. This is seen when the camera follows the chara [...] D
Named by director Daniel Petrie as his favorite film in an AFI poll. D
The "Rashomôn" sign from the gate was preserved and kept by director of photography Kazuo Miyagaw [...] D
Numerous American TV shows - sitcoms, science fiction adventures, animal cartoons, etc. - have had a [...] D
Tajômaru is the only character referred to by name in the film. D