Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Movie1950·88 min
Rashomon
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
An Academy Award-winning crime drama film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Winner of Best Int'l Feature, with 1 additional Oscar nomination.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 2%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
8.0/10
3K ratings
About Rashomon
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Contemplative, Gritty
- Story Tags
- fate destiny, faith existentialism, medieval, sexual violence, japan, wilderness, strangers forced together, everyman, outsider misfit, trial courtroom, unreliable narrator, frame story