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Rashomon

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World and International Narrative Cinema

Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film, in which a crime in a forest is recounted in four irreconcilable versions. Its Golden Lion at Venice in 1951 opened Japanese cinema to the world, and its structure gave a name, the Rashomon effect, to the problem of contradictory eyewitness truth, cited far beyond film.

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Original Language
Japanese 1
Award
Academy Honorary Award 1
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Golden Lion 1
Release Year
1950 1
Country
Japan 2
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1. Wikidata: Rashomon
Wikidata Q135465, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
2. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
  • Rashomon, Description, original language
    Its Golden Lion at Venice in 1951 opened Japanese cinema to the world, and its structure gave a name, the Rashomon effect, to the problem of contradictory eyewitness truth, cited far beyond film.
  • In Medium: Film
  • Created By: Akira Kurosawa
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Rashomon (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: Academy Honorary Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Academy Honorary Award.
  • Wikidata P166: Golden Lion
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Lion.
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