Rashomon
Rashomon
羅生門
Rashōmon
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Original Story | Ryunosuke Akutagawa |
Screenplay |
Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto |
Photography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Sound | Iwao Otani |
Art | Takashi Matsuyama |
Music | Fumio Hayasaka |
Lighting | Kenichi Okamoto |
Editor | Shigeo Nishida |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | August 26, 1950 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
羅生門 Rashōmon |
Director | Akira Kurosawa |
Original Story | Ryunosuke Akutagawa |
Screenplay |
Akira Kurosawa Shinobu Hashimoto |
Photography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Sound | Iwao Otani |
Art | Takashi Matsuyama |
Music | Fumio Hayasaka |
Lighting | Kenichi Okamoto |
Editor | Shigeo Nishida |
Production Companies | Daiei |
Release Date | August 26, 1950 |
Runtime | 88 minutes |
A woodcutter finds a dead body in the woods. A thief, the dead man’s widow, and a medium testify at the investigation. The thief, Tajomaru, boasts that he killed the man and ravished his wife, and later escaped with the man’s possessions. The widow, on the other hand, testifies that after being ravished her husband gave her such a look of disgust that she killed him out of fear, and later attempted suicide before being brought to the court. Finally, the medium, speaking for the dead man, testifies that after being ravished the wife urged Tajomaru to kill him, to preserve her honor. Tajomaru, in disgust, chased the wife into the woods. Left alone and distraught at his wife’s treatment of him, the man killed himself by plunging his ruby dagger into his chest. Each account has an element of truth to it, but none of them quite explains all the facts either. The ruby dagger, for instance, figures into all the accounts, but is itself missing.
The woodcutter reminisces over the case with a priest under the Rashomon gate. The priest is crestfallen that people would lie so, that the truth would be lost. A passing peasant, stumbling upon their conversation, presses the woodcutter for his side of the story. The woodcutter reluctantly admits that he was hiding in the woods witnessing events as they unfolded. After being ravished, the wife begged one of the two men to kill her, so she wouldn’t live with the dishonor. Her husband cast her off, insisting she should kill herself. The wife accused both men of being cowards, and goaded them into dueling each other. Tajomaru and the husband did duel, and when Tajomaru finally did slay the husband, he and the wife were so overcome with fear that they fled.
Back under the Rashomon gate, the peasant stumbles upon an abandoned child, and takes its blanket. The woodcutter tries to intervene, but the peasant accuses him of being no better than any of the witnesses; the peasant believes the woodcutter himself stole the ruby dagger from the scene. Unable to argue with the peasant, the woodcutter lets him go. The priest intends to keep and care for the child in the temple, but the woodcutter determines to raise the child himself alongside his own children. The woodcutter’s gesture restores the priest’s faith in humanity.
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Tajomaru the Bandit
The Wife
The Woodcutter
The Husband
The Priest
The Peasant
The Medium
The Bailiff
製作 Producer |
箕浦甚吾 Shogo Minoura |
企画 Planning |
本木荘二郎 Sojiro Motoki |
原作 Original Story |
芥川龍之介 Ryunosuke Akutagawa |
脚本 Screenplay |
黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |
橋本忍 Shinobu Hashimoto |
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撮影 Photography |
宮川一夫 Kazuo Miyagawa |
録音 Sound |
大谷巌 Iwao Otani |
美術 Art |
松山崇 Tadashi Matsuyama |
音楽 Music |
早坂文雄 Fumio Hayasaka |
照明 Lighting |
岡本健一 Kenichi Okamoto |
編集 Editor |
西田重雄 Shigeo Nishida |
装置 Apparatus |
山本䢴一郎 Yuichiro Yamamoto |
製作主任 Production Manager |
小林利勝 Toshikatsu Kobayashi |
助監督 Assistant Director |
加藤泰 Tai Kato |
撮影助手 Photography Assistant |
本田平三 Heizo Honda |
録音助手 Sound Assistant |
林土太郎 Tsuchitaro Hayashi |
照明助手 Lighting Assistant |
中岡源 Gen Nakaoka |
美術助手 Art Assistant |
右田誠一 Seiichi Okada |
記録 Archiving |
野上照代 Teruyo Nogami |
演技事務 Actor Affairs |
中村元次郎 Motojiro Nakamura |
進行 Progress |
竹内次郎 Jiro Takeuchi |
背景 Background |
太田多三郎 Tasaburo Ota |
装飾 Decoration |
松本春造 Haruzo Matsumoto |
美粧 Beauty |
明石悦夫 Etsuo Akashi |
結髪 Hair Dressing |
花井りつ Ritsu Hanai |
衣索 Clothing |
大畠卯一 Uichi Ohata |
スチール Stills |
浅田延之助 Masayuki Asada |
効果 Effects |
山根正一 Shoichi Yamane |
擬闘 Fighting Choreography |
宮内昌平 Shohei Miyauchi |
出演者 Performers |
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三船敏郎 Toshiro Mifune |
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京マチ子 Machiko Kyo |
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志村喬 Takashi Shimura |
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森雅之 Masayuki Mori |
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千秋実 Minoru Chiaki |
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上田吉二郎 Kichijiro Ueda |
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本間文子 Noriko Honma |
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加東大介 Daisuke Kato |
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監督 Director |
黒澤明 Akira Kurosawa |