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Rashomon (1950)

Rashomon (1950)

Drama Crime Mystery

The husband, the wife… or the bandit?

Release Date: 1950, August 26
Directors: Akira Kurosawa
Countries: Japan
Production: Daiei Film
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Daisuke Katō, Kichijirō Ueda, Noriko Honma, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori

Overview:

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

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