Rashomon (Essential Art House)

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of justice. Through an ingenious use of camera and flashbacks, Kurosawa reveals the complexities of human nature as four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife. Toshiro Mifune gives another commanding performance in the eloquent masterwork that revolutionized film language and introduced Japanese cinema to the world.

Director: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: Jingo Minoura
Actor: Toshiro Mifune
Actor: Machiko Kyo
Actor: Shinobu Hashimoto
Actor: Takashi Shimura
Actor: Masayuki Mori
Actor: Minoru Chiaki
Actor: Kichijiro Ueda
Actor: Daisuke Kato
Actor: Fumiko Homma