Rashomon (1950)
A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Akira Kurosawa
Written By: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Ryûnosuke Akutagawa
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Daisuke Katô, Minoru Chiaki, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kichijirô Ueda, Noriko Honma
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Crime, Mystery
AKA: Rashômon
Country: Japan
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doctor7 | 98 99th |
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The film that introduced Kurosawa, and Japanese cinema, to the west. Brilliant use of mise en scene and camera pans/tilts. Set the very standard for action scenes for movies today. Without a doubt one of the best movies ever made.
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frederic_g54 | 10 97th |
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Different albeit equally compelling work from the renown director, abstruse in its plot threads and philosophical agenda, especially near the end. Rashomon doesn't really tie up the irreconcilable conflict, in fact we never find out what really happened, but that's one of the many reasons I liked this film so much. Another great performance from Mifune, and definitely one of Kurosawa's best.
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BillyShears | 95 96th |
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Name a better duo than Toshiro and his itchy neck.
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Magb | 95 94th |
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Toshiro Mifune is awesome in Seven Samurai, but I actually like him even more here. He's so dynamic and lively, all running around and shouting and laughing and being menacing. That's definitely one of my all time favorite performances by anyone. And most everything else about the movie is great, too. Rarely has the device of the unreliable narrator been used better than here.
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Paxton | 85 93rd |
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My wife says I loved this but that's not the way I remember it.
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CCLZA | 95 98th |
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To understand Tarantino, Scorsese, etc, this film must be seen first. Beautiful and intriguing.
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terrymac | 90 97th |
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Brilliant. Clever, crafty and entertaining, with another outstanding Mifune performance. The plot shifts are deftly handled, as is the stunning cinematography, and the central themes of memory, truth and perspective are explored intelligently. Despite the potentially dark underlying subject matter, this is actually a lot of fun. Very highly recommended. And the joke on the Simpsons was pretty good...
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PeaceAnarchy | 93 98th |
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A great concept executed to perfection. Superb performances help as well, but it's the underlying thesis of the film and Kurosawa's great use of the camera that makes an incredibly memorable experience. Of course, I may be misremembering.
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Alex Watkins | 5 91st |
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This was the second Kurosawa I saw, and afterwards, I fully understood why he was seen as the "most Western" of Japanese filmmakers. This feels like a golden-age Hollywood production, with the exception that it's spoken in Japanese. Fantastic entertainment and a wonderfully intriguing structure.
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Nathan S | 5 93rd |
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A film revered for its innovative structure and narrative economy, but for me the lasting impression has always been the rugged visual design. The unglamorous forest locale, the dappled sunlight falling through the trees, the flooded gate that lays in ruin, the utter conviction with which the actors stumble through the terrain. A dirty and gorgeous film, Rashomon is the first of Kurosawa's many masterpieces.
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Farzan | 91 90th |
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Rashomon is special. It is just so well acted, and the cinematography is so extremely well done that it glorifies the atmosphere to the already dark and mysterious one presented. I can understand why people wouldn't like this film, but I feel bad for them. It is just so philosophical, but in a way that everyone can understand. It is not open to interpretation because their is really only one theme for this film, and people make a fuss because you don't find out who did it. Thats the point!
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TimeCapsule | 80 83rd |
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Well at least now I finally get that Simpsons' joke from "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo".
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MartinTeller | 88 91st |
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Trying to decide which story is "true" is a fun exercise (the woodcutter has the least stake in it, and his account is the only one that doesn't make a hero/martyr out of any of the participants) but ultimately works against the purpose of the film. We're not meant to solve the mystery. Kurosawa could rightly be criticized for using such a cheap ploy as an abandoned infant to eke out a bit of optimism, but he's often a sentimentalist and he usually pulls it off well.
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amerigo | 96 99th |
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One of the first films that captured the burgeoning philosophies of post-modernism--and that is really something considering post-modernism was but a glimmer in the eye of modernism at the time. As a cogent whole the film approaches perfection from every angle.
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graveyardtan | 80 57th |
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As a huge Kurosawa fan, I found myself more than a little disappointed in Rashomon, which many claim to be his best film. There are beautiful shots and innovative story telling techniques, but unlike films such as Ikiru, which mixes high grandeur with moments of intimacy and subtlety, Rashomon is all hyperbolic allegory with no real substance to back it up. I'm glad I didn't have to view this first, as did many film students. I might have been turned off from some real masterpieces.
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KAH | 4 93rd |
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I love the adventurous cinematography and music in this one, creating a somewhat light mood that works as a contrast to the dark subject matter. Also an effectively simple and good script that offers an ambiguous look at human nature.
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Piglet | 88 98th |
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Needless to say the cinematography is top notch, the "punchline" however, which to me seems to say something along the lines of "however much evil people do in this world, one shouldn't give up on humanity" seems a bit melodramatic. A fine introduction to Kurosawa nonetheless.(this was my first). I found my self not caring about the loose ends.
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billkerwin | 93 91st |
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A pioneering exercise in cinematic relativity, with fine performances and beautiful black and white photography of light through trees that illuminates a shifting plot with a setting that seems to be continually shifting as well.
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CMonster | 80 69th |
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I read background on this film after watching it. Apparently Kurosawa was a big fan of silent film and tried to incorporate many elements of that here. Little dialogue, huge score, big acting. I'm not as much of a fan as Kurosawa was plus the pacing was a tad slow and I wasn't in love with the score, but its an undeniably great film. And the ending sword fight was more realistic than any choreography Hollywood could come up with. Also gave both a bleak and hopeful look at humanity. Watch it
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goremeat | 90 95th |
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Whose version of the truth? Relativist masterpiece. Could have done with a bit of trimming and tightening in places though. Like most Kurosawa, it has been raped and pillaged by hundreds of imitations since.
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eCitizen | 80 83rd |
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An unrepentant scoundrel is brought to trial, but the story is anything but straightforward. After hearing several accounts of the story from different people you are not exactly sure what happened. It seems only the wild man with his own sense of honor can tell the whole truth, or can he?
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| 3 | Jesty | 80 45th |
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Structurally daring, and I love the last, completely unglamourous fight scene. It's hard to really connect to anything, though, since all three of the major players are awful people, regardless of whose story you're trusting. I admire Kurosawa's reluctance to give us easy answers and explanations, but this film is more of a very artful puzzle than something with real heart and feeling.
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parcaliham | 85 77th |
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14 Mart 08, 14:30 seansi, 5.japon filmleri festivali, en arka, koltuk 8 & Rashomon filminden beklentim cok buyuktu cunku Akira Kurusowa'nin ilk buyuk odul alip, yurtdisinda boy gostermesini saglayan bir filmdi.Ama sanirim beklentimin buyuk oldugundan dolayi pek tatmin olmadim.Gosterimi yapilan kopyanin goruntu kalitesi cok cok dusuktu ve ben Rashomon filmi hakkinda neredeyse herseyi biliyordum filmi izlemeden once.Kurusowa'nin basyapiti degil fakat kesinlikle iyi bir film.
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Cowman | 75 75th |
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Although I agree with most of the praise in the mini reviews on this website, I can't say I was completely overwhelmed. The acting was horrible at some points, especcially when people are laughing maniacally (which happens almost all the time)...really, really bad overacting. Hurt my ears and completely cringeworthy at some points. I guess the acting methods of the early '50s in Japan don't work for me.
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| 3 | WoozyB | 95 94th |
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What is truth? What is humanity? What is memory and perception? The frame tale and the disputed tale in the grove both ask these questions in a starkly filmed, striking movie.
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prowler | 74 75th |
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we should realise how radical unreliable narration (and generally everyone being corrupt) was in 1950. the end of innocence, depicted in a rudimentary way by today's standards, but with accents of startling beauty and drama
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Shmendrek | 5 96th |
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We studied this film in one of my business classes. You know a film is influential when it's discussed in a fucking business class. A high quality film with an excellent premise and nearly flawless execution. Several scenes sent chills up my spine because they were just perfect.
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purgatos | 94 95th |
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I knew the general story going in: there's been a murder and there are differing stories about it. That didn't, however, mean that this film wasn't full of surprises.
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Jeb | 99 95th |
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Extremely well acted and is just amazingly paced. The structure and strength of the film is incredible, and is a lot better than a lot of modern day Mysteries today.
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AshWilliams | 95 97th |
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Can we ever know what happened for sure? This dilemma is behind any lawsuit. All we can know is what is most likely or, to be more candid and realistic, what is most convincing to our ears. But we can never know for sure, absolutely 100% certain. This great film -- with stunning performances and gorgeous photography -- illustrates that point nicely.
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Bmunise | 97 91st |
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I love how Kurosawa took a seemingly commonplace plot with initially (and intentionally) cheesy execution and turned it into amazing over a span of 88 minutes.
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moraesfelipe | 80 85th |
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While rain falls, three workers discuss the most famous crime of cinema in a fallen temple. Wife says she killed her husband, bandit claims he raped and then killed him, husband, through a medium, says he killed himself. Woodcutter's final version might be the closest to truth, but it doesn't really matter at all. Kurosawa's travelling shots and shadows (sun through trees) are so beautiful you wanna live in them. A couple of great sword fights and sublime acting make this a classic about moral.
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FrederikA | 100 99th |
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The brilliantly simple and original triple set-up holds enough subtext for three average good movies.
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mattorama12 | 92 98th |
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Holy shit. The crime/mystery element alone would make this a good, solid movie. But the psychology of the characters puts this on another level. [Spoilers] Each claims responsibility for the death, but each also paints him/herself as honorable. We don't know if the lies are told for the benefit of the listener or the speaker. If that weren't enough, the camera work's brutal realism plays the audience for even more the fool. A true masterpiece.
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Vdecraim | 90 96th |
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Kurosawa must be a great admirer of dostoyevsky. Rashomon is reminiscent of the themes in Crime and Punishment: every man is a criminal because of truth's subjective nature. I found this film hard to watch as it is vastly different then, say, Seven Samurai or Ikiru. But the themes are so neatly explored that you just have to like it by default. Kurosawa supplied an optimistic ending, all things considered. Sadly, that's the only aspect that doesn't stroke with my personal view.
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Yiannos | 70 71st |
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Genuinely groundbreaking movie for its time, Rashomon's exemplary form is in complete service of the story; and the story is multi-layered to the nth degree(for its time). But the movie is let down in this viewer's perception by the overly melodramatic acting and Kurosawa's failure to take the story to its logical extreme. By taking on a somewhat 'hopeful' ending, Kurosawa's is unable to capitalise on the full philosophical implications of his narrative inquiry.
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| 2 | Malignant | 85 64th |
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Rashoman is a good story, but the movie's length could be cut in half and not lose any meaning.
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Pickpocket | 8 82nd |
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Clever storytelling, great film. Mifune is always enjoyable.
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Ytadel | 8 93rd |
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A crime story retold in cycles from many differing perspectives and points of view, like that one episode of Mama's Family.
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aethewulf | 96 99th |
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Great dialogue and acting, powerful story line. One of the Kurosawa's masterpiece
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CinematicESP | 97 98th |
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Classic and brilliant storytelling. Groundbreaking in its multiple possible narratives. Wonderful cinematography and acting. Another Kurosawa masterpiece.
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evrana | 91 92nd |
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When I watched it the first time I remember thinking 'I wish all crime/mystery movies were this clever". My view of the movie hasn't changed a bit after 15 years. It is hard to find a fault in it; the music, the cinematography, the acting, the storytelling and especially the framing.. all are top notch. Also, I'm forever grateful to Kurosawa for showing how a "real" sword fight looks like. It is my favourite Kurosawa movie.
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Bojangles | 50 38th |
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Hysterical Japanese women fake crying has got to be the most grating sound on earth.
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Anomaly | 94 98th |
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Incredibly innovative and entertaining, and able to stand up to both time and countless imitators.
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| 2 | theficionado | 88 87th |
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Part of me yearns for a postmodern touch, but then the other part of me tells that part to shut the hell up, this is pretty goddamn perfect.
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Icarus | 95 96th |
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The different stories emphasize the perspectival nature of truth, as each of the narrators (outside of maybe the priest) tell a self-serving version of the story. So when the farmer comes back to tell the "truth," can anyone believe him? The atmosphere of those framing scenes (rain, broken down gate, tattered clothes) all point to a brokenness in society. Further, Kurosawa emphasizes the relationships between people in his shots, creating oppositions as he leans on a robustly visual style.
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whatismyname | 80 94th |
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Took some time until I realized the brilliance of Rashomon. What I at first preceived as poor and over the top acting (especially the woman), I soon discovered was all part of the storytelling of the different 'narrators'. Their emotions, state of mind, truths, all of this was taken into account with the depiction of their viewpoint of what actually occurred. I can't recall another film I wanted to rewatch right after completing my viewing and pick up little details that eluded me.
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Vandelay1 | 83 92nd |
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Nice Movie
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| 2 | jameskey | 90 92nd |
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1st viewing: Aesthetically brilliant. Very apparent mise en scene that is superbly executed, very strong camera work and brilliantly strong fights. Well used score, and solid acting all round. I liked both the setup and execution of the main story, and that the truth is not revealed, though the ending left me a little flat.
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JackDurden | 10 98th |
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A complex and philosophical masterpiece, that acts as art, as the subject of the film concerns differing viewpoints of the same event, much like art. Kurosawa's direction is at his best in this, and the acting from the whole ensemble is striking and powerful.
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Shadrik | 89 95th |
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A crime story presented in an intoxicated manner with philosophical and psychological emphases, completed with a strong photography.
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UniqueName | 95 98th |
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Mesmerizing and interesting much more mysterious than Kurosawa's other classics, enjoyed this one quite a bit.
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begoniabol | 82 82nd |
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Good movie, that ending fight is just crazy. What an amazing choreography. And one lady was quite creepy (not trying to spoil). Classic movie that has aged extremely well; it doesn't feel old at all.
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CosmicMonkey | 90 94th |
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This is not a film about unreliable narrators, it's about Japan's moral reckoning with itself. How do the Japanese people face the fact that a facist govt lied them for decades and how to move forward beyond that. No joke, Kurosawa's editing and camerawork has a fluidity that's nearly unmatched and his usage of weather and climate is incredible. For a B&W it's incredibly sensorial, rain, wind, heat, sweat you feel it all. Only bad thing to say about it is the wife lacks any agency or dignity.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 93 92nd |
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Very well done early movie with a great technique.
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JordanDcFc | 90 95th |
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[SPOILERS] One story gets told in mutliple ways and we never find the truth. We don't need the truth, the questions raised are far more important than finding which situation actually happened. The way it is shot is amazing, very simple and very well organized. Mifune was great again and the film as a whole was a real treat to watch, very easy on the eye.
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Tds4a | 3 80th |
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The alternating perspectives are by turns fascinating, scary and pathetically hilarious. I particularly loved how differently Mifune comes across in each retelling.
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mwgerb | 95 99th |
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I think what makes this such a masterpiece is how close it touches to some real truths. Although the cinematography and crime-based plot engage the viewer, and the direction and acting execute the film successfully, it's the thoughts contained in it that really turn Rashomon into something transcendentally beautiful.
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Dunder74 | 8 86th |
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An inquisitive, poignant script conveyed by both Kurosawa's interesting shot/frame selection and some masterful performances, Rashomon was pretty good. The narrative technique is one of the film's most famous aspects, and it is obvious why; it provides an effective, emotional approach to a seemingly simple story.
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Cinema_Asia | 95 98th |
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Kurosawa's film works as a mystery, a statement on life, and a perception about people. Some people may find that it's a tad confusing but it's one of those films that requires your full attention span. There are not a lot of directors who can bring together a story using the unreliable narrator technique without it coming across as a massive gimmick. Kurosawa did it with panache and in a masterful way that has not really been replicated today.
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| 2 | Aiferrific | 95 97th |
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When I first saw this movie, I thought it was good but I didn't really get why it was such a big deal. Years later, I understand that life IS Rashomon.
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Rufam | 75 72nd |
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A simple but compelling story, a strong cast, an innovative structure and Kurosawa's visual flair along with his tendency to hammer home his bloated messages -and you have the makings of one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of world cinema. Masterpiece in the sense that it has critically influenced hundreds of film that came after it. Seen today, Ι respected it but couldn't enjoy it as more than a intriguing tale with some woefully unsubtle social commentary attached.
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Noblet | 90 94th |
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The structure of the film is of course it's defining feature, however the movie also has great acting and cinematography as well.
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glumpy_99 | 80 60th |
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More interesting for its place in film history than as "entertainment"; Kurosawa experiments with juggling multiple narratives and building a disorientingly unclear picture of the central incident. As a consideration of the perils of memory and perspective colliding, it works superficially, but as entertainment it lacks engagement, coming close to being a cheat, rather than genuinely misdirecting the viewer. Performances are fine, within the parameters of the overripe theatrics Kurosawa favours.
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bof | 73 66th |
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I'm hopelessly behind on Kurosawa, but he's on sale so I might as well start filling in the blanks. Rashomon was pretty much what I expected from what I've read about it - a solidly made film, beautifully shot (that last battle in the grove!) playing several subjective accounts against each other with no clear conclusion as to what really happened, and a slightly hamfisted moral at the end.
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loc42 | 90 93rd |
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a very modern plot with changing narrators and a changing story accordingly. its genre should be a tragedy where the characters betrays each other according to their vices in a unison of time and space and the two witnesses act like the chorus. usual theme of Kurosawa, the decay of World and amoral people on the verge of madness wander in it aimlessly. as a negative aspect i think the fighting scenes were unnecessarily long.
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The Pirate | 87 86th |
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Overall, Rashomon is an absolutely incredible film, thanks in particular to it's acting, pacing, lighting, and boldness. However, it's not without its flaws. The Bandit and the Commoner's portrayals fall just under over the top, some scenes drag out too long in my opinion, I personally couldn't accept the Medium, and there isn't enough examination of the good side of humanity, so the ending feels very out of place. But it's very clear why this is such a highly praised film.
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backwardsuit | 84 88th |
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This is a true landmark movie in terms of narrative structure but as a whole it seems long ways from Kurosawa's zenith as a filmmaker. I think he perfected many of the elements here during the following years. Too bad since this particular story continues to carry a special weight. The dramatics are pretty dated beyond the fantastic visuals & I thought the pacing didn't always serve the overall narrative. Add some overexpository dialogue and you've got a flawed but unquestionably brilliant film.
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dardan | 93 96th |
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Similar, perhaps even better (The Night it Rained): http://www.criticker.com/film/An_shab_ke_barun_amad/rating/Dardan
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Hawkins | 85 79th |
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"If it wasn't for that wind I wouldn't have had to kill him"
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TheDenizen | 95 98th |
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Rashomon is an incredible reflection on the subjective nature of truth; the Best Foreign Film category at the Oscars was basically created to recognize its genius.
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Kavu | 89 92nd |
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Another one of Kurosawa's pioneer works that countless movies have imitated ever since. The original Rashômon is well worth watching.
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| 1 | okidude | 5 96th |
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Excellent exploration of the darker side of human behavior
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tamago | 100 97th |
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This movie made me an instant fan of both Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune. A classic about the nature of truth that should be in the top five of anyone who loves movies.
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| 1 | djfntstque | 85 85th |
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Avoid the copycats: this is the original filmic mediation on he said/she said, with a terrific Buddhist twist.
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TheDiceman | 70 82nd |
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Excellent.
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TheAlliance | 77 48th |
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It has all the right ingredients for a great movie, but it didn't do anything for me. It might be the (lack of) music/score - i can't really explain it.
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| 1 | bizort | 80 79th |
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Very dated but deserves points for originality and innovative technique
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joeroxy | 79 86th |
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I wanted to say something about how much I liked the movie overall, but that I couldn't help being put off by weird Japanese acting throughout the whole movie. Then I saw the first mini review by Cowman and it kind of summed it all up for me.
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Derekstar | 70 50th |
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And by saving that baby the timeline is irrevocably disrupted, creating Samurai Hitler.
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Difontaine | 90 96th |
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What really happened? Work it out for yourself after these three viewpoints. I just love that.
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| 1 | slobone | 84 76th |
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Concise, ambiguous, masterful filmmaking. Launched Japanese films in the West. Kurosawa's best after Seven Samurai?
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| 1 | MajorB | 87 50th |
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This movie didn't start well. As I watched, I was perplexed by a silly score that did not match the on-screen action well and was kind of annoying, as well as sequences that felt as if they were going on for a bit too long. But, halfway through the movie, everything changed. The score fit perfectly, the pacing became perfect. There are some truly great performances, and Kurosawa's direction pulls off a ton of powerful scenes. I enjoyed it and hope that next time the first 1/2 will be better.
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caiman | 88 87th |
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I appreciate this movie mostly because of how integral it was in creating so many of the plot conventions we have come to know. It was the first of its kind, but not even remotely the last. Just a really great movie. One of Kurosawa's best.
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TedDedon | 94 92nd |
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Really, it's hard to find fault in this wildly creative mystery. Rashomon is brilliant in its storytelling and its structure; it's one of the most creative movies I've seen and is a clear influence on a lot of modern day thrillers. Though probably not technically Kurosawa's best, it may be my personal favorite in his library. I love this movie for every aspect and can't recommend it more, it's basically perfect.
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nilkynarfy | 85 86th |
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I like it for its "all those cinematographic terms I can never remember, but mostly understand." Unreliable narrators are generally gimmicky and silly, but when used right they can completely undermine the audience's suspension of disbelief and put them in a vulnerable intellectual state. Rashomon fails at that, but it's so visually captivating I almost didn't notice that only the final narrator's story was worth watching. I'm saying this film is better than its plot, which is overpraised.
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Stain | 80 68th |
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The first movie of its kind, and widely copied since... even by Star Trek: TNG
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MonsterGear | 85 79th |
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Tremendous and amazingly cynical right up until the final few minutes. And even then...
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| 1 | Theyshootpic | 99 98th |
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# 15
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| 1 | Jhezabee | 100 97th |
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Brilliant film work, great acting, simple storyline with multiple meanings. A very accessible movie.
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jacobkosh | 84 67th |
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I don't actually think it's one of Kurosawa's best. It drags a bit and even the restored film is laden with grain and popping sound. That said, it essentially invented a genre of storytelling.
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nandorizzi | 85 88th |
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Everything is well done in this film, the story very well assembled with great performances of the actors, leaving the viewer find out who tells the truth. Great.
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ktappe | 88 67th |
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Has become a staple of countless movies and TV shows since who show the same event from different perspectives. But here you have the original, and it's well worth seeing.
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AstralArtist | 90 74th |
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Film making 101. A must see for any serious student of cinema.
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Duder | 60 40th |
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I didn't like the visual style a single bit, lighting was very very unrealistic which i always hate. I couldn't get into the script either (my fault) so I couldn't like the movie that much, but i defienetly will watch it again on a better day.
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hellsditch | 82 73rd |
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Kurosawa may have made "mad films" but this was my first exposure to the man...happy to say that I came away wanting more and was pleased at how accessible the film was. I've read that his style is fairly western, and it's easy to see how his many of his storytelling conventions have been adopted by popular directors of the 70s through today. I was particularly impressed by the soundtrack and the scene where the dead man gives his account of his murder -- equal parts unnerving and mesmerizing.
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| 1 | theyshoot07 | 99 98th |
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#19
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jahbini | 90 81st |
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One man's truth is another mans fable.
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| 1 | jerkagram | 93 92nd |
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Mifune is incredible in this, which can be said for all of his appearances. I couldn't say anything about Rashomon that hasn't been said. It's innovative and dripping with excitement.
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rthornhill | 84 38th |
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Somewhat disappointing film for me, except for the one forest scene.....
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Der_Barney | 79 42nd |
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The key feature of the film, "reality" from several characters' perspective, has been done by many movies since, and with settings that interested me more, with a crisper look, and with characters I could relate to more. Rashomon is the original and deserves its thumbs-up, but it never managed to captivate me like e.g. Sixth Sense, Usual Suspects or Courage Under Fire. Performances were intense with some expressive eyework, but the animalistic acting and typical Japanese attitudes put me off.
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| 1 | Octane Death | 75 59th |
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A movie that deserves its own college course. The truth lies in the historian.
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| 1 | Scold | 90 83rd |
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What a great movie. Some of acting and swordfighting seems a little fake nowadays, but those are some of the few flaws I could find in it. The movie, although somewhat slow-moving in its flashbacks, kept me engrossed from start to finish. My head was full of theories and musings after I had finished watching it. The cinematography was also rather beautiful; Kurosawa knew how to use black and white effectively. Fine performances all around, but Mifune's crazed eccentricity was brilliant.
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| 1 | Egregius | 90 77th |
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Great like all Kurosawa movies, the appeal of this one lies mainly in the innovative screenplay. After viewing I felt I had watched a really good movie, without being moved to the core like with for example Seven Samurai.
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babamots | 80 70th |
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Surprisingly makes the simple story seem important by the end. Unique presentation techniques and decent acting. The final sword fight is the only one I've seen in film that I could believe.
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| 1 | BryanBosler | 90 72nd |
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Nothing to do with the original story "Rashomon", but, forced ending aside, a very entertaining story.
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Zealot185 | 89 88th |
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It's a very simple story told from multiple perspectives, but can be interpreted in an infinite number of ways, proving how brilliant the movie really is.
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panzerwolf | 82 89th |
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A film that entails many fine layers and which is not meant to give the viewer the answers, it critiques the state of humanity and not just the current one, but one spanning through the entire length of human history.
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NathanDarko | 94 91st |
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Absolutely amazing
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Neonman | 84 77th |
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A pretty great film. Or maybe it's an absolute masterpiece. Or maybe I hated it. Or maybe I haven't actually seen it.
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| 1 | tomphan25 | 100 98th |
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One of the all-time best!
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piratejerk | 5 17th |
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i just can't form a relationship with any of the characters or the movie itself so i just get bored watching it.
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| 1 | theyshoot08 | 99 98th |
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| 1 | AltUlster | 81 84th |
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I heard Star Wars didn't steal from this film.
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| 1 | pompousass | 60 85th |
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A pregnant parable on truth and the eye of the beholder. The construction is neat, tight, and schematic (four conflicting points of view on a mysterious forest killing), whereas Kurosawa's treatment is full-blown (torrential rains, hysterical performances) and long-drawn-out.
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| 1 | Mechatigger | 100 91st |
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Superb film. Japan's leading filmmaker Kurosawa combines pictorial beauty and poetic cinema techniques to achieve an exciting and memorable screen experience.
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omgfridge | 9 92nd |
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Incredibly impressive (especially considering it's age). Very engaging, the action is stylized and it's open ended nature grips you completely.
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naikou | 100 99th |
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An intricate (yet subtle) film which shines in all categories. Philosophically rewarding, as well as entertaining. I cannot think of a single unnecessary moment, nor a missing piece - it is perfectly balanced.
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Antagon | 82 92nd |
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Introduced the different point of view plot scheme! A pioneer in brilliant storytelling.
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| 1 | MrCarmady | 99 94th |
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So simple, so beautiful, with a perfect mix of cynicism and hope.
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FunkyAstro | 95 97th |
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One of the most impressive parts of this film is the date it was made. I love seeing where the inspirations of modern day film have come from. Production on this movie was great. Kurosawa did a good job keeping things dark while the actors keep their end of the deal. Cinematography was spot on and the story was pretty good with some added philosophy towards the end. Overall Rashomon was extremely well done and deserves its rightful rank within the top 100 best films of all time.
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SirStuckey | 85 87th |
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Some of the best acting you will see. It's a timeless classic and a great murder mystery. Often imitated but never matched in pure quality.
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freqflyer | 75 36th |
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Meh, i thought it dragged a bit. And overacted.
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Okkervil | 90 96th |
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One of the most important movies ever made. Simple as that.
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psim | 85 92nd |
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Intriguing use of the multiple viewpoints, beautifully shot and at one point still very effectively creepy. The actors are great as well, especially Mifune and Kyo. This one deserves its status as a classic.
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Bown | 89 91st |
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Very enjoyable, with the cinematography (especially in the forest) being breathtaking at times. It raises interesting thoughts about humanity, has a fantastic performance by Mifune, and the woodcutter's recollection of the fight is hilarious.
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| 1 | Pampa | 90 89th |
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Excelente! Una Hermosa película! Una maravillosa fotografía!
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| 1 | pieterpronk | 92 96th |
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This movie works best when seen in as high a quality as you can find, as the forest and the light are the most important force in this movie. The sunlight through the leaves changes constantly making the whole "background" of the movie change perspective, shining new light on the matter with every scene. Simply beautiful.
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etcetera | 89 77th |
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My first Kurosawa film, but definitely not the last. Wonderful cinematography helps to create one of the creepiest supernatural scenes I've seen in a pre-1970s film. If you haven't seen this you really ought to watch it, as it's a necessary classic.
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| 1 | theyshoot10 | 99 98th |
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| 1 | lukey86 | 90 69th |
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A Kurosawa classic. This film is a unflinching look at justice and truth. A must see.
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| 1 | glm | 95 99th |
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94.750
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| 1 | badseed | 91 83rd |
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kurasawa's first masterpiece in my not-so-humble opinion
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cogsworth | 90 88th |
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The original "vantage point" film. One of Kurosawa's best (Though, let's be honest - has anyone seen a bad Kurosawa film?), Rashomon is packed with wonderful shots and built on an age-old philosophical conundrum: is there such a thing as the capital "T" truth? By the end, following tears, laughter, and a sword-fight that goes from slapstick to stomach-turning in the span of a few moments, you may just find out.
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metz | 70 88th |
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Postmodern bw
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| 1 | sheddle | 90 85th |
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It's not perfect; it seems to move very slowly for a film that isn't 90 minutes long, and several sequences last a few minutes longer than they should. The scoring is brilliant, though, specifically during the wife's testimony, and the silence in the woodcutter's testimony. Very good cinematography, and great theatrical acting, which is always fun. And, of course, on top of all that, it's a brilliantly written and intelligent statement on life.
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| 1 | waddayanuts | 67 26th |
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Kurosawa creates excuisite compositions with beautiful lighting. And the narrative structure is innovative and works very well (albeit pretty stupid to have the dead man testifying). But does it have to be so overdramatic?! Damn, that girl is hysteric! It really ruins much of my interest in the characters. What ultimately saves the film for me is the frame story. I love how saddened and disillusioned they have become by having witnessed the deterioration of mankind.
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teckgecko | 73 57th |
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Not without its flaws, I enjoyed Rashomon's exploration of human darkness and (self-)deception, but the moralizing is inelegantly in-your-face and, like the Commoner, I would've preferred a subtler sermon. Though imagined easily enough, the inexplicit motivation for the Woodcutter telling his final tale at all is unfortunate and the happy ending just adds to the contrivance. Finding that the truth was ultimately unknowable was brilliant, but bittersweet as my attempt to unravel it was foiled.
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| 1 | mortello | 89 90th |
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Neat movie, probably started the whole "simple truth with many faces" generation of films. Great suspense.
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MontyCircus | 20 11th |
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Well, I slept through another boring-ass Kurosawa flick. A rape/murder/suicide told by 4 different points of view, none of which is noticeably different from the others. And the acting, oh boy! Everyone either plays "suicidally distraught" or "psychotic maniac". The average soap opera has acting more subtle. For film school geeks only. Drinking game: take a shot every time someone 1.) cackles like a maniac 2.) stares into space with sad puppy eyes 3.) throws themselves dramatically to the ground
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| 1 | johnnydark | 79 33rd |
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Not quite the masterpiece I expected. It was very influential and creative, but as entertainment... the least of the Kurosawa I've seen.
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iyisinek | 75 67th |
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cinayet, mahkeme, ifade vermek, orman, düello (bir kadin kocasiyla ormanda ilerlemektedir. Haydut Tajamoru yollarini keser, kadina sahip olur ve kocasini öldürür. Hikaye haydut, kadin, ölen adam (medyum vasitasiyla) ve bir görgü taniginin ifadeleriyle anlatilacaktir.)
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| 1 | h.nassiri | 87 68th |
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Masterpiece! The question is: What is the truth? We can never get the truth in this world... The theme and structure of this film has been used by many filmmakers after that.
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stevekimes | 85 73rd |
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The classic film about different perspectives on a single event. Note that each perspective is in a different movie genre.
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| 1 | damil | 90 98th |
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This is only the second Akira Kurosawa film I've seen, but I'm pretty much ready to declare him a genius. The direction and cinematography in this were amazing. I really like how the story was told too. I think a modern-day remake might actually be a good idea for this film.
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| 1 | olympics54 | 100 92nd |
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just watch it.
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Bagger | 86 95th |
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Memory is a powerful thing.
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Hofschneider | 67 24th |
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If this is great art, I can't help myself: Probably I'm not samrt enough. I was bored - all the time.
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| 1 | theyshoot11 | 99 98th |
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#18
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jnsoneji | 100 97th |
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Perfect match of story, acting and picturisation.
Has inspired multiple movies across the world.
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3dRevelation | 75 62nd |
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My introduction to Kurosawa, and it is one of those films where I can certainly see its merits, but does not wow me. The story is decent and the way it is told probably helped (I think my favorite segment would have to be the Samurai/Medium part). The more philosophic points of the film really kind of failed to impact me.
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hsncrspywl | 87 82nd |
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Understandably a classic film, and I don't think another dude talking about what makes Rashomon great is gonna do much, but I'll say I really like the way Kurosawa drew from silent film and how much of the film is told without dialogue, gives the film a sort of otherworldly effect.
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DesertPunk | 87 91st |
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The go-to movie when it comes to sound design in film. Absolutely masterful in composition and technicality, and it makes the already wonderful story even more engrossing.
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lex | 95 91st |
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One of the greatest mystery films thanks to Kurosawa's perfect usage of the unreliable narrator storytelling technique. Not to mention the four outstanding central performances and the beautiful use of light and shadow in the forest scenes.
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aalperraa | 80 71st |
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2 Aralik 2014, Buyulu Fener, 20. Gezici Festival
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TC Mercado | 80 62nd |
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Fantastic and ahead of it's time, I only wish it didn't end on such an abrupt, [and I hate to say] cheesy note...
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P u l p | 98 99th |
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Most of the time we can't even be honest with ourselves.
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ekotto | 86 96th |
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sanırım insanlara olan inanıcımı devam ettirebilirim
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lisa- | 6 83rd |
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rewatch. different motives yield different testimonies which are cinematically constructed as different genres. a man who thinks himself a renegade embeds himself in a rousing actioner, whereas a woman who manipulates others into sympathy makes a teary melodrama. still, kurosawa only considers those who willfully distort an otherwise easily observable reality, so with a few legal changes we need not reconsider our core ideas of justice.
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RiverRivers | 96 98th |
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We've seen everything about this movie done countless times in the years since, but rarely done as well as it is here. I'm able to appreciate other films even more after having seen this.
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rttntomatoes | 100 98th |
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One of legendary director Akira Kurosawa's most acclaimed films, Rashomon features an innovative narrative structure, brilliant acting, and a thoughtful exploration of reality versus perception.
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| 1 | NetMaster | 99 97th |
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Despite being 65 years old this film has not been truly recreated.
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thereeldeal | 70 50th |
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People lie, I guess. I can't be surprised by any aspect of Rashomon. If you view Rashomon under the perspective that it's about perception against reality it's a lot more interesting, but the narrative seems to suggest it's simple egocentric lying with its drama about the evil in man. Evil that's deliberate, as is shown by the ending. Rashomon's obviously ambitious in narrative for its time with its multiple perspectives, but I'm not interested in anything it amounts to.
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Armilio | 95 99th |
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More than beautiful cinematography. I love the photography of the court-yard where all characters tell their stories in the trial, and the fact that we don't see the judge, we are always in his point-of-view, we are the judge. And the Ford-like camera-work in the very last scene? amazing. The plot is very interesting too, a classic - about the relativism, the non-existence of the truth - that in 2014 we have seen surely repeated in many copies, but the original is always better.
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| 1 | RYM | 82 97th |
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4.10/5
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radumsmn | 92 99th |
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Simply amazing, it's almost perfect 👌
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| 1 | Yedi | 100 70th |
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Kurosawa, 2.dünya savaşı'nın yıkımından etkilenmiş belli ki ve bu filmde insanlığın temel meselesi dürüstlüğü tartışmaya açmış. İki katman var gibi, biri ormanda geçen hikaye ile bu hikayenin ve dava anının anlatıldığı 3 adamın yer aldığı çerçeve hikaye. Aynı olayı her karakter kendisini göre yorumlayarak ve büsbütün değiştirerek anlatıyor. Bir insanın kendi dahil kimseye karşı dürüst olamadığını görüyoruz, öldükten sonra bile.
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FrancoGonzo | 9 42nd |
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Star Rating: ★★★
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cinegeek.de | 95 99th |
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Kurz vor dem Dreh von Rashomon sprachen Kurosawas drei Co-Regisseure bei ihm vor. Sie waren unglücklich, da sie das Drehbuch nicht verstanden hatten. Kurosawa soll sie ermutigt haben, es noch einmal zu probieren - es sei verständlich! Sie waren sicher, es genau studiert zu haben. Ohne es zu verstehen... die ganze Rezension sowie die japanischen Klassiker in unseren Film Lists auf cinegeek.de
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Bartbaard | 50 29th |
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A chore to watch. By far this isn't Kurosawa's greatest, with a few shots that look alright, yet awfully slow pacing. My problem with this film is that I can't sympathize with any of the characters, the redemption of Shimura's character at the end felt forced. As a viewer it all felt a bit pointless. It starts as a dilemma love story, but it all twists into a 'what really happened' kind of story. Then it ends as neither of those two and leaves you with semi useful human insight. I don't buy it.
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| 1 | HeyNiceFilm | 74 33rd |
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So much hype around this one. But the cinematography is . . . underwhelming and simple. The acting is . . . passable. Sure it has a couple good shots. And when it came out maybe the non-linear narrative was GROUNDBREAKING. But watching it in 2022 and judging it against that (as I always all films) it's not the sacred film critics make it out to be. Maybe if this was 1951 my opinion would be different.
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| Average Percentile 76.47% from 5388 Ratings |  |