| Description |
1 DVD (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Janus films collection
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Janus films collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Cast |
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda, Fumiko Honma, Daisuke Kato. |
| Credits |
Photography, Kazuo Miyagawa. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. |
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Released as part of the "Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films." |
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Release date: October 24, 2006. |
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Based on Yabu no naka (= In a grove) and Rashōmon and other stories by Ryunosuki Akutagawa. |
| Summary |
Set in the Middle Ages, the nature of truth and subjective reality are probed in a series of flashbacks from four viewpoints to present the case history of a man's murder and the rape of his wife by a bandit. |
| Note |
Accompanying book "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films" cataloged separately. |
| Access |
ML: Restricted to home use or face to face teaching. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Murder -- Japan -- Drama.
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Murder. |
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Japan. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Rape -- Japan -- Drama.
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Rape. |
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Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
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Samurai. |
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Subjectivity -- Drama.
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Subjectivity. |
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Memory -- Drama.
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Memory. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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| Indexed Term |
Satsujin Nihon Dorama |
| Genre/Form |
Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Subject |
Sexual assault. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Japanese language films.
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| Added Author |
Minoura, Jingo.
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Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998.
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Hashimoto, Shinobu, 1918-2018.
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Mifune, Toshirō, 1920-1997.
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Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019.
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Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
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Shimura, Takashi, 1905-1982.
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Chiaki, Minoru, 1917-1999.
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Ueda, Kichijirō, 1904-1972.
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Honma, Fumiko, 1910-
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Katō, Daisuke, 1911-1975.
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Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999.
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Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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| Note |
Title from accompanying book : Essential art house |
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Title from container : 50 years of Janus Films |
| Added Title |
Fifty years of Janus Films |
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50 years of Janus Films.
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| Standard No. |
715515021227 |
| Music No. |
RAS040-JF Janus Films |
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CC1667D-JF Criterian Collection (set) |
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