Rashomon

Akira Kurosawa · 1950 CE · Film · Japanese · Contemporary

Sheltering under a ruined gate in the rain, a woodcutter and a priest describe the trial they have come from: a samurai found dead in a grove, his wife assaulted, a notorious bandit in custody. The bandit, the wife, the dead man through a medium, and the woodcutter each give an account, and no two of them fit. The 'Rashomon effect' named here.

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Lineage

• adapts ↑ In a Grove
  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · 1922 CE · Short Story
• adapts ↑ Tales of Times Now Past
  Anonymous · c. 1120 CE · Folktale
• adapts ↑ Rashomon
  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · 1915 CE · Short Story

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