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Rashomon

1950 film by Akira Kurosawa
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Rashomon
Courtesy of Daiei, (c) 1950. The author of this picture is Daiei Motion Picture Company (Daiei Kabushiki-gaisha). (Today as Kadokawa Herald Pictures, Inc.). · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Rashomon is a film[1]. Rashomon ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,372 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Akira Kurosawa[3]
  • Award received: Golden Lion[4], Academy Honorary Award[5]
  • Director: Akira Kurosawa[6]
  • Screenwriter: Shinobu Hashimoto[7], Akira Kurosawa[8], Ryūnosuke Akutagawa[9]
  • Composer: Fumio Hayasaka[10]
  • Genre: drama film[11], crime film[12], flashback film[13], samurai cinema[14], medieval film[15]
  • Based on: In a Grove[16], Rashōmon[17]
  • Cast member: Toshirō Mifune[18], Machiko Kyō[19], Masayuki Mori[20], Takashi Shimura[21], Minoru Chiaki[22]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[23]
  • Production company: Kadokawa Pictures[24], Daiei Film[25]
  • Director of photography: Kazuo Miyagawa[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[27]
  • Commons category: Rashomon[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 9.2/10[30], 98%[31], 98/100[32], 8.1/10[33], 4.2/5[34]
  • Color: black-and-white[35]
  • Country of origin: Japan[36]
  • Publication date: August 25, 1950[37], August 4, 1952[38], August 23, 1951[39], December 26, 1951[40], April 18, 1952[41]
  • Distributed by: Daiei Film[42], Netflix[43], RKO Pictures[44]
  • Narrative location: Japan[45]
  • Filming location: Japan[46]
  • Main subject: human nature[47], self-image[48], crime[49], witness[50], reliability[51], storytelling[52], self-deception[53], lie[54], truth[55], memory[56], recollection[57], subjectivity[58], honor[59]
  • Film editor: Akira Kurosawa[60]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White[61]
  • Executive producer: Masaichi Nagata[62]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for Rashomon include Rashomon effect[63], a phenomenon[64].

Why It Matters

Rashomon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] Rashomon is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

Entities named for Rashomon include Rashomon effect[63], a phenomenon[64].

FAQs

What awards did Rashomon receive?

Honors received include Golden Lion[4] and Academy Honorary Award[5].

Related Entities

Akira Kurosawa film Japan Machiko Kyō Museum of Modern Art Netflix RKO Pictures Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Takashi Shimura Toshirō Mifune

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [64] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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