Director - Akira Kurosawa
Genre - Crime/Drama/Mystery
In this Akira Kurosawa film, a web of lies and deceit is spun by various suspects implicated in a murder. These characters each have their own versions of the 'truth' and it is up to us to discern who's innocent and who's not. Kurosawa's direction is undoubtedly assured but the whole concept is nothing new if thrown against the harsh light of today's filmmaking.
4 STARS!
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Interesting note: apparently this was the first film to point the camera at the sun for effect.
Rashoman is such a fantastic film. It's one of the few classics from the list I'm working through that I was completely sucked into film, waiting for each moment with baited breath.
The camera in the sun effect they discuss on the Criterion DVD. It's amazing the difference seeing that on a tv (barely noticable) and then at a theatre (blinding and emotional).
Passive Anarchist - We don't really have a set plan of what to review from 1 day to the next. You haven't seen 'Citizen Kane'?! That is one of the most important American movies of all time, if not the most important.
Hal & Shannon - The sun in the film we feel represents God. Kurosawa almost always has this preoccupation with a higher order in his movie.