Rashomon is a crime drama film by Akira Kurosawa.
If we treat the entire film as a one story, the accounts by the main characters in the film on the 'murder and rape' are each itself a substory. The framework on that done by Akira Kurosawa is very interesting. He unfolds a social scenario of medieval Japan through the woodcutter, priest and the common man. This is why we don't need very exact background of the notorious bandit Tajomaru. He and his crime is not acceptable in the society. To punish him a trial session is made. The camera here is leveled with the height of eye witness. A brilliant interpretation from the director. Imagine the first version from the woodcutter. Like these the whole cinema stands on the great camera work. Actor Toshiro Mifune, Machi Kyo, Masayuki Mori and Takashi Shimura are impressive in their work.
If we treat the entire film as a one story, the accounts by the main characters in the film on the 'murder and rape' are each itself a substory. The framework on that done by Akira Kurosawa is very interesting. He unfolds a social scenario of medieval Japan through the woodcutter, priest and the common man. This is why we don't need very exact background of the notorious bandit Tajomaru. He and his crime is not acceptable in the society. To punish him a trial session is made. The camera here is leveled with the height of eye witness. A brilliant interpretation from the director. Imagine the first version from the woodcutter. Like these the whole cinema stands on the great camera work. Actor Toshiro Mifune, Machi Kyo, Masayuki Mori and Takashi Shimura are impressive in their work.
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