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| '''Rashomon''' (羅生門) is a Japanese ] motion picture and one of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, starring ]. Based on the story by ], it describes a crime through the widely differing accounts of half a dozen witnesses, including the perpetrator. | '''Rashomon''' (羅生門) is a Japanese ] motion picture and one of ]'s masterpieces, starring ]. Based on the story by ], it describes a crime through the widely differing accounts of half a dozen witnesses, including the perpetrator. | ||
| Because of the film's success, the word "Rashomon" has come to refer to (in English and in other languages) a situation wherein the truth of an event becomes difficult to verify due to the conflicting nature of different witnesses. | Because of the film's success, the word "Rashomon" has come to refer to (in English and in other languages) a situation wherein the truth of an event becomes difficult to verify due to the conflicting nature of different witnesses. | ||
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Rashomon (羅生門) is a Japanese 1950 motion picture and one of Akira Kurosawa's masterpieces, starring Toshiro Mifune. Based on the story by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, it describes a crime through the widely differing accounts of half a dozen witnesses, including the perpetrator.
Because of the film's success, the word "Rashomon" has come to refer to (in English and in other languages) a situation wherein the truth of an event becomes difficult to verify due to the conflicting nature of different witnesses.
The film has been remade, officially and unofficially, many times; in the United States a Western remake, credited to Kurosawa and named The Outrage, was made in 1964 with Paul Newman, Claire Bloom and Edward G. Robinson.
See also: Rashomon