Kyoto, au XIe siècle. Sous le portique d'un vieux temple en ruines, Rashômon, trois hommes s'abritent de la pluie. Les guerres et les famines font rage. Pourtant un jeune moine et un vieux bûcheron sont plus terrifiés encore par le procès auquel ils viennent d'assister. Ils sont si troublés qu'ils vont obliger le troisième voyageur à écouter le récit de ce procès : celui d'un célèbre bandit accusé d'avoir violé une jeune femme et tué son mari, un samouraï. Le drame a eu lieu dans la forêt à l'orée de laquelle est situé le portique de Rashômon. L'histoire est simple : Qui a tué le mari ? Le bandit Tajomaru, la femme, un bûcheron qui passait ou le mari lui-même qui se serait suicidé ? Autant d'hypothèses vraisemblables. Mais les dépositions des témoins devant le tribunal apportent à chaque fois une version différente du drame, et la vérité ne percera qu'après de nouvelles révélations surprenantes....
The Gunfight at the OK Corral only happened once, but has been tirelessly recreated in films, television shows and western towns ever since. No one has a monopoly on truth, and in Tombstone Rashomon, the truth is shared by six conflicting, yet historical perspectives. In doing so, the film’s narrative becomes prismatic and the result is perhaps the most comprehensive telling of the most important gunfight in American history. This is the Tombstone story told in the style of the Japanese classic Rashomon where we see history from several perspectives including that of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Kate, Ike Clanton, Colonel Hafford and Johnny Behan..
A short documentary visiting some of Rashômon’s key locations, featuring interviews with former staff from the Daiei-Kyoto Studios..
With raw, harrowing honesty, photographer-filmmaker Khalik Allah explores the complex relationship between artist and subject as he reflects on his friendship with a homeless addict living on the streets of Harlem..
Interview with director Robert Altman about "Rashomon.".
What happened when unarmed Black teen Michael Brown was fatally shot by White police officer Darren Wilson?.
Two officers interrogate suspects of a murder that was committed by either of them in a party the previous night, as they speak about their perspectives, the officers fall into a spiral deeper than they had expected this to be..
Named after Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, the Rashomon Effect is an enduring cultural metaphor that has transformed our understanding of truth, justice, and human memory..
This 1998 documentary goes behind the scenes to chronicle the monumental efforts required to stage a major play. Filmmaker Anthony Azzopardi follows venerated director Neil Munro as he helms an ambitious theater production of the immortal Japanese tale "Rashomon." Munro helps his talented cast immerse themselves in the psychological crime drama, providing a fascinating look at the actors' process of inhabiting their characters..
A 1941 Japanese film directed by Shinzo Yoshida..
Todo est le garde du corps d’un politicien influent dans le Japon de l’avant-guerre. Son maître, despotique et pervers, oblige Shino, la prostituée fiancée à Todo, à devenir sa maîtresse. Elle va lui donner des faux jumeaux. Le maître garde le garçon pour en faire son héritier, et répudie Shino et sa fille. Vingt ans plus tard, devenue prostituée comme sa mère, la fille tombe amoureuse d’un client qui n’est autre que son frère jumeau….
A series of two S&M puppet shorts based on Japanese folktales. The first one is about a woman who gets whipped until she pees herself by a brigand who lives at Rashomon Gate, and the second is about a traveling monk named Sanzo-Hoshi who gets imprisoned by female demons who believe that drinking his sperm will make them 1000 years younger..
A love story engulfed by the turmoil of Hong Kong, 2019. A city at war with itself. social and political conflicts insinuate themselves into every citizen’s life. families fragment, loyalties are questioned and long-cherished relationships succumb to the slow-motion disintegration of a once iconic city – tearing itself apart..
