Rashômon (1950)

Too Cruel

The Wife (Machiko Kyô) tells the court what drove her to murder her husband, the Samurai (Masayuki Mori), after she was raped by a bandit.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

© Criterion 2013

Released in 1950 by Criterion.

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  • setting: Forest
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  • actor: Machiko Kyô
  • actor: Masayuki Mori
  • director: Akira Kurosawa
  • producer: Masaichi Nagata
  • producer: Minoru Jingo
  • cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa
  • composer: Fumio Hayasaka
  • editor: Akira Kurosawa
  • production-designer: Takashi Matsuyama
  • role-name: Masako Kanazawa
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  • screenwriter: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
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  • screenwriter: Akira Kurosawa
  • year: 1950
  • studio: Criterion

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