Review of Rashomon (1950) by Four Star F — 06 Feb 2013
Directed by the famed Akira Kurosawa, the film starts off with two men eventually joined by a third. Both seem very melancholy and they explain this is because of something that happened three days earlier.
Apparently a bandit met a husband and wife on the road and raped the wife with the husband being killed. However, this event is shown in four different accounts all varying greatly and we never learn what is fact and what is actually fiction.
Because of this horrible event, one of the men who is a priest loses faith in mankind. The film ends just as it began with the two men alone under a pagoda watching the driving rain. However, an act of kindness quickly renews the priest's belief.
Kurasawa's film certainly has an interesting plot device and camera work. Historically, it is also important because it introduced the world to Japanese cinema.
This review of Rashomon (1950) was written by Four Star F on 06 Feb 2013.
Rashomon has generally received very positive reviews.
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