Movie #123: Rashomon

Movie #: 123
Movie Title: Rashomon
Year Released: 1950

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Notable Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki, Kichijiro Ueda

Short Description: A heinous crime and its aftermath are recalled from differing points of view. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: #91
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #39



Date Watched: 5/17/2016

Grade: 2 out of 5 (Fair)

Rationale: I like the concept of a movie told from differing points of view with the viewer having to piece together what’s real, but I don’t feel Rashomon did it in an exciting way. I also found the samurai’s wife, played by Machiko Kyo, to be horridly annoying. She portrayed that role in an excessively overdramatic way and her crying and screaming was ear piercing. If not for that I may have graded the movie higher because, while still not exciting, at least everything else was interesting and well acted.