This 1950 film by Akira Kurosawa it's a cinematic archetype that has served as a template for many a film since. , the facts surrounding a rape and murder are told from four different and contradictory points of view, suggesting the nature of truth is something less than absolute. The cast, headed by Kurosawa's favorite actor, Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Masayuki Mori and Minoru Chiaki, is superb. 

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                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dM_ZtjdcjM 

                                       

                  Excellent reading of the making of Rashomon by Akira kurosaka


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